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Shock Absorbers
« on: April 07, 2019, 07:37:52 PM »
While I was tarting up the bike and eradicating the winter crud, I was looking at the shocks.
Humph, I thought, those shocks let the bike down a bit.  The tops were rusty and need of repainting.   After a minute of head scratching while I polished off the coffee and Hobnob that Mrs Thebike provided, I had the idea of compressing the springs with large tie wraps.
It worked brilliantly.   After a quick spray they look like new again.
Where's that 10mm socket got to?

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Re: Shock Absorbers
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2019, 07:40:46 PM »
Until you hit them with the pressure washer  ;D
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Re: Shock Absorbers
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2019, 08:14:22 PM »
That's not gonna happen again.
Where's that 10mm socket got to?