Okay, so how are shocks rated in terms of power handling or heat dissipation?
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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Bend, OR
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On 9/28/2009 3:52 PM Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:

> and that's why serious off rood racing shocks have remote reservoirs, more
> fluid enables more heat dissipation.
> and that's why serious off road racing vehicles have two or three shocks
> per
> wheel.
> Three rear shocks per wheel, and two front per wheel would not be
> uncommon -
> for a total of 10 shocks,
>
> 'regular shocks' will 'go off' in mere minutes at speed over rough stuff.
> Regular road-intended shocks aren't built for wild stuff like you can
> get in
> high speed off road travel.  They're just not built for it.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 2:34 PM
> Subject: Re: Science of Washboarding
>
>
>> At 03:48 PM 9/27/2009, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>>> The shock absorbers must be doing a lot of in and out travel,
>>> continuously
>>> and rapidly when floating the body over washboard. Friction at the seals
>>> where the smaller diameter portion of the shock goes into the larger
>>> diameter bit could cause them to get mighty warm. A little KY perhaps?
>>
>> They get hot because they're converting mechanical energy into heat
>> -- that's their job and their nature.
>>
>> :-)
>> D
>