Shocks blown/dead?

NorcalZ71 · 11-04-2009, 11:08 PM

SOooooooo this could be a dumb question BUT, if I can take the shocks on my golf cart and compress them by pushing with just my pinky finger and then they stay fully compressed statically with no load on them....are they blown? Not that I know what a perfectly setup lifted golf cart feels like, but mine has a crazy amount of body roll, I can grab the roof and move it like a foot side to side. I'm thinking maybe the shocks are done, they are 13 years old....

John Redcorn · 11-04-2009, 11:49 PM

Some shocks pop back out when you push them in some don't. My ranchos wont pop back out on their own, I don't think they even had anything holding them compressed in the package, didnt have the twist to unlock either like a lot of NIB shocks and struts do.

Main purpose of a shock is to resist being extended once compressed. How do they feel to pull back out? but yeah I don't think they're supposed to compress super-easy.

Are they car/truck shocks? or something made especially for a gold cart?

Megalos · 11-05-2009, 12:04 AM

If you can push it with your pinky finger, how is it supposed to handle a heavy ass golf cart? blown

NorcalZ71 · 11-05-2009, 04:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Megalos

If you can push it with your pinky finger, how is it supposed to handle a heavy ass golf cart? blown

i can feel it dampening (trying) but its easy to push down. i am thinking i need to be on the lookout for some really short fox 2.0's

11-04-2009, 11:08 PM	#1
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11-04-2009, 11:49 PM	#2
John Redcorn GMFS Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Tulsa (B.A.) OK Name: John Age: 32 Posts: 173	Re: Shocks blown/dead? Some shocks pop back out when you push them in some don't. My ranchos wont pop back out on their own, I don't think they even had anything holding them compressed in the package, didnt have the twist to unlock either like a lot of NIB shocks and struts do. Main purpose of a shock is to resist being extended once compressed. How do they feel to pull back out? but yeah I don't think they're supposed to compress super-easy. Are they car/truck shocks? or something made especially for a gold cart?
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11-05-2009, 12:04 AM	#3
Megalos Double Dock and Boat Ramp Chevrolet Owner Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Plano, TX (Home) College Station, TX (School) Name: Austin Age: 21 Posts: 4,187	Re: Shocks blown/dead? If you can push it with your pinky finger, how is it supposed to handle a heavy ass golf cart? blown

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