Well, duh! Just get a Syncro and you won't have compromise ever again
when you buy shocks...

Jeff

On Sep 28, 2009, at 1:31 AM, Thomas Buese wrote:

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> On Sep 27, 2009, at 11:14 PM, Jeffrey Vickers wrote:
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>> I did that same road in DV in February on OMEs (Old Man Emu) shocks
>> on
>> my Syncro and no shock problems whatsoever. I went as fast as I
>> could.
>> There's a sweet spot for sure. Turning up the stereo helps too.
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> That's what I discovered-unfortunately no OME's for 2 wd's?
>
> YMMV,
>
> Mr. BZ-shock envy?
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>>
>> Jeff
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>>
>> On Sep 27, 2009, at 8:33 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
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>>> Date:    Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:33:11 -0600
>>> From:    Richard Jones <jones@COLORADO.EDU>
>>> Subject: Re: Science of Washboarding
>>>
>>> Mr BZ wrote:
>>>> It was all Richard & Bob's fault!
>>>>
>>>> As discussed here last January or so, melted the tops of my 3 yo
>>>> Bilstein touring shocks on the 84 westy trying to follow Richard in
>>>> his syncro westy w/ all the HD syncro suspension upgrades(?).
>>>
>>> That's just not true.  Mr BZ wanted to settle the dust on that
>>> 26 miles of washboard and he couldn't get his tranny to leak, or his
>>> enjin, so he was left with dripping shock oil.  I think it
>>> boiled down to syncro-envy....
>>>
>>> Richard
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