Handy Tips

Absorbing Information About Shock Absorbers

Your tyres show evidence of uneven tread wear.	Your car bottoms out when you ride over bad roads, railroad tracks or other humps.	Put your hands on the bonnet and rock the car several times. Your absorbers need replacement if the rocking continues freely.

 

Worn Out Shocks Will Cause …

• Excessive shaking on a unpaved road.
• Unstable ride at high speed.
• Excessive pitching action.
• Excessive nose dive and squat during acceleration and braking.
• Longer stopping distance.
• Tyres bouncing on a bumpy road.
• Wear out on the tyre shoulder.
• Bad fuel consumption.

 

Although how and where you drive is important, replacement of absorbers is recommended after 50,000km.	Your car tends to drift or bounce, or you experience a loss in handling control.	Fluid is leaking from the Shock Absorbers’s seal, which means it is worn out.

When should I change to KYB Shock Absorbers ?

• When vehicles show an unstable behaviour upon driving examples such as excessive roll, during cornering, pitching, bouncing, squat, nose dive and so on.
• When the bouncing continue after you push on the bonnet.
• When you hear strange or unfamilier sounds from the shocks, when driving.
• When you find external damage on the shocks such as on the outer casing, rod bending oil leakage, damaged bushes and washers, etc.
• When replacing your worn out tyres.

Caution : Always replace four shocks at the same time!

 

Important

• Never hold a shaft with a pliers or in a vice as this will damage the Shock Absorbers causing oil leakage.
• Always use a new lock nut upon replacing with new shocks.
• When installing a brake hose, make sure you release the bubbles on all brake hoses.
• Always use a torque wrench when tightening the lock nut.
  

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