Driving Without 1 Front Shock?

[hellmett]

Hi All,

Getting a really bad clicking/rattling sound from the front offside area.

I think one of my NEW shocks may be faulty.

Is it ok to remove this and take it for a 'small' test drive just to confirm?

Cheers,

Gary

[Mr Sqig]

as long as you dont go racing you should be fine, might be abit bouncy but its all fun

[Albannach]

Is it ok to remove this and take it for a 'small' test drive just to confirm?

No

[Albannach]

as long as you dont go racing you should be fine, might be abit bouncy but its all fun

Good lord!

[wishbone]

Just swap the front shocks left to right and vice versa and see if your noise moves with it. Safe and easy.

[Smego2]

Good lord!

God it's only a shock adsorber, not gonna kill him if he just has a slow drive around...

[Albannach]

God it's only a shock adsorber, not gonna kill him if he just has a slow drive around...

It's a damper, the torsion bar is the shock absorber.

But you're right, bash on, it's not as if it's an important bit.

[TonyN]

It'll be virtually undrivable with a shock missing, at anything more than snails pace, especially on a front wheel.

Its not the sort of thing you want to do on a public road.

[Apache]

Tell me about it! I broke one in Wales once (bust a seal) and the trip home was a bit scary even though it still had a slight damping effect.

Also drove a Starion Turbo with no rear shocks on an airfield perimeter track once... alright on the straights, but cornering...

[hellmett]

Re

I ain't gonna do it!

Public opinion seems to make it a silly thing to do!

Got a new one arriving today, touch wood, so everything should be ok!

When I was replacing the rear springs last year I had to move the Surf a few meters for some reason and it was VERY wierd!

Sort of like a boat/spaceship.

The back was bouncing up and down like a spaniard's honeymoon bed!