Storm Shocks Sticking

[Jamie]

A bit of alliteration for you there!

Anyway, my back two shocks are sticking when they go down all the way, they are completly clean any ideas?

 

[WA2FAST]

When you say completely clean... have you opened them up yet? Or are you refering to the shafts on the outside? Even with the spring attached? If so, it is more than likely bent shafts, but explain a little better.

 

[jon2]

have you checked the shafts to see if they are bent? That could cause your shocks to bind.

 

[Jamie]

Ill take a look in a sec i have not taken them off no but i intend on doing it a bit later today.

 

[olds97_lss]

You need to take the shafts out and take everything off of them so you can roll them on a flat surface to see if they are bent. A bend that is barely noticable by eye will cause it to stick.

You may also have something binding in your arms. Unhook the shocks and then depress them to see if they still stick. If not, then it's the arms sticking somwhere and not the shocks.

 

[Jamie]

Ill do that in after i finish reading the new posts thanks for the help.

 

[mattyk6]

I would agree with the bent shock shaft theory.

 

[WA2FAST]

Let us know how it goes.

 

[cbreaker]

It's also possible that the bladder is busted. Is that happens, all the air behind it escapes into the shock body. You'd know if this happened, you can hear and feel the air bubbles as you compress and release the shaft.

There's a washer underneath the piston. Sometimes, if you tighten the bolt on top too much or if the washer somehow otherwise bends or whatever, it tends to get stuck at the bottom most position. This happened on a couple storm pro shocks I have. I just removed them, flattened them out with some pliers, and put them back on.

If they only get stuck when fully extended, then I'd just make sure you mount them in a position where they don't fully extend. If you put them in a spot where the suspension arms are stopped from fully drooping by the shocks themselves, then you may be putting too much stress on them causing trouble. The arms should stop on the chassis or the stop pins you can tighten.

 

[dougc]

I am sure it is a bent shock... I was driving my buggy and I noticed the shock was sticking The shock seemed ok and so did the shaft but when I took it out it was bent alot.