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jamestown478 · #1 (**permalink**) 12 Jul 2015, 03:37 pm

I am in the process of changing out my rear shocks. I wanted to see how they work and pushed down on the new ones and was easily able to compress the shocks. Is that supposed to happen? I would have thought that it would give a lot more resistance to my small amount of weight compared to the weight of the car.

NitroPT · #2 (**permalink**) 12 Jul 2015, 04:22 pm

Try to compresses it very fast and then you may see a difference.

jamestown478 · #3 (**permalink**) 13 Jul 2015, 12:48 pm

Ok thanks. Just didn't know if it was normal or not.

NitroPT · #4 (**permalink**) 13 Jul 2015, 05:18 pm

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Originally Posted by jamestown478

Ok thanks. Just didn't know if it was normal or not.

The design is different from the plain hydraulic shocks of years ago. The faster the piston action the slower the rate of compression is.

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