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Old 12-07-15, 20:16
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Originally Posted by Richard Farrant View Post
John,
In MB-C1 manual under the heading FRONT WHEEL SHIMMY it says the following;
Broken or inoperative shock absorbers increase front wheel shimmy and tramp which is annoying and dangerous.

You might need to disconnect them to operate by hand to check their operation, assuming they are topped up of course.

regards, Richard
Evening Richard,
I did check the operation of the shock absorbers when I dropped the axle for wedge fitting. Did this by disconnecting the drop arm and manually tested that their was resistance to upward and downward force.
Maybe not very scientific but there was what seemed like an equal resisitance.
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