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Kevin in NJ · 09-09-2020, 08:00 AM

I think you want to look at this previous thread:

https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showt...rebuilt+shocks

I always like exact information.

My experience has been that shocks with slight wear do not come close to the Ford standards. That is I have shocks with minimal wear and I used something close to the KRW testing tool. With the valve closed the shocks were very hard to move by hand. Using the test arm the shock went stop to stop in like 5 seconds. No where near the required 15 seconds.

I need to add that in the past I rebuilt shocks where they were just really hard to move by hand with an original arm. This allowed me to drive a car that was unstable above 20 MPH at 60+ MPH quite comfortably.

I have not revisited shocks as I need to get some thicker oil to find out what happens. Some day in the future.

09-09-2020, 08:00 AM	#3
Kevin in NJ Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: South East NJ Posts: 3,398	Re: Shock tester I think you want to look at this previous thread: https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showt...rebuilt+shocks I always like exact information. My experience has been that shocks with slight wear do not come close to the Ford standards. That is I have shocks with minimal wear and I used something close to the KRW testing tool. With the valve closed the shocks were very hard to move by hand. Using the test arm the shock went stop to stop in like 5 seconds. No where near the required 15 seconds. I need to add that in the past I rebuilt shocks where they were just really hard to move by hand with an original arm. This allowed me to drive a car that was unstable above 20 MPH at 60+ MPH quite comfortably. I have not revisited shocks as I need to get some thicker oil to find out what happens. Some day in the future.