Leaking shock....

[SID210SA]

I received my Pro Guard last week and while I was under there installing it....by the way, install, 10 minutes....I spent alot of time under the car just looking at things....I noticed that at the bottom of my passenger rear shock had a build up of grease on the bottom of it....not seeing anything remotely similer on any other underbody part of the car, I figured something was not right...and since I had the inner tire wear issue and an oil like smell comming in the passenger compartment when the heater is on low, I decided to take it to the dealership. Well the shock had a leak and they had to order a new one as none were instock...should be in on Wednesday...as far as the oil smell goes, they could not duplicate the conditions that produced the smell and they said they looked all over the engine and found no leaks what so ever. And as for the inner tire wear...I got the spec's from Carfixer (thanks) and forwarded them to my service advisor. He told me that my alignment was not covered under my bumper to bumper and was only good for the first year or 12K miles....and to get it realigned to those specs would cost $69.95....no biggie but it's only good for one year or 12K again...I figured I would just spend a little more and get a life time alignment from Sears or Break Check, or should I just spend the 70 bucks every year and get it done from the people who know my car? Thanks for listening.....Mike:coolman:

[sailsmen]

There is a certain type of align equip so as not to damage our wheels. The alternative is to put regular steel wheels from a GM.

I went to a shop that does not have that euip. They were very careful, but it did make small marks on the wheels.

[SID210SA]

good to know I didn't even think about that....thanks

[n-cherok]

my same shocked was replaced because of that

[JMan]

Two for me in the first year. One rear and one front. Wait until it hangs your suspension up or down.

Best of luck,

J

[CRUZTAKER]

I posted last year that my driver side rear showed leakage at about 26k.

The dealer graciously replaced BOTH under warranty.

It's all about the launches. We're ruining our rear shocks.:P

[ckadiddle]

It's the "Speed Humps Of Death" in my neighborhood. There's one right in front of the mayor's house I like to drive over at a good clip so the car makes a lot of noise. :censor: :censor: :censor: :censor: :censor: traffic calming devices.

[merc6]

guess it's an excuse to go coilovers ;)

[TripleTransAm]

I'm with you on the speed humps, but when I lived in the Neighborhood of Hell up until 2004, I could see how citizens would be crying for them. I lived on what should have been a narrow calm suburban street but through the miracle of bad planning we ended up with a LOT of traffic crossing over into our town from the next suburb over. And as you've probably tired of reading by now, the folks in that area of Montreal are NUTS behind the wheel. And on top of it, I chose a house with a stop sign in front of it.

Imagine having to live on a small suburban street with a (realistic) speed limit of about 15 mph and having to live with people constantly blowing the stop sign at speeds often exceeding 50 mph. On a narrow itty bitty little street with lots of sweeping curves! No way I could ever let my kid play out front! No wonder no kids EVER played out front on that street.

So, yeah, I would have loved to sit outside with a video camera one morning after a surprise speed bump installation and watch the soccer moms and stressed executives launch their minivans and BMWs into people's yards! :lol:

[Warpath]

Shocks can leak a little and still be OK. The seals aren't perfect.

[GreekGod]

I friend of mine lived on a one way street. Cars would use the street as a shortcut-going the wrong way. He bought a blow-gun and practiced with it using paint balls. He got good with it and would plaster the offenders on the passinger side window to prove they were going the wrong way if they wanted to try to do anything about it.

[JMan]

Shocks can leak a little and still be OK. The seals aren't perfect.

Apparently Cobras don't come with Tokicos. Mine didn't just leak a little either. Two enormous oil stains which developed in a day or two. Oil dry to the rescue. I'd buy your comment on a standard Gabriel-made factory gas shock.
These things are different creatures. Oh, by the way, my remaining factory shock (R/R) does exhibit a little seepage around the bottom of that funky boot/diaphragm thing. Guess it's time to order the last one!

J

[Warpath]

If you keep the oil above the seal, some will come out regardless who makes it. It is a little and obviously not puddling.

[metroplex]

So far, out of the 5 or 6 Fords we have (all purchased new from the dealership at the time), all of them have had at least 1 or 2 factory installed shock die out just when the standard warranty expired. At least 1 shock will not extend to its free length when fully compressed.

I suspect Ford's supplier for factory installed shocks is different from its supplier for Motorcraft replacement shocks, or something of that nature.

[ROB502]

I have had both right side replaced. Front coil over was dripping in the drive way. The rear shock was just wet with the oil leaking out of it and making a bumping noise. 24K miles and counting. The Ford place said that was not that strange for shocks to go bad at 24,000 miles.:rolleyes:

[GreekGod]

I was just on the Monroe website. They have special applications for the Panther platform. They show a special MM shock also.