Another day, another need for help from you - especially Judy XC aficionados!
Firstly though, big thanks to everyone for the wealth of information previously posted which helped me get this far, especially in this thread here: 1996 Judy XC Rebuild - FINISHED
Despite all that I have a couple of questions about a pair of Judys that arrived today from another far-afield eBay purchase, which looked great from the external pics in the ad, and to be fair, the internals ain't too bad either. The MCUs came out in one piece and are still fairly flexible, despite one of the elastomers on side having deformed, so I'll hunt for a NOS/new reproduction set of replacements (I don't fancy the Kronos upgrade springs but will concede to fitting these if easier to come by). The left stanchion has some very slight scratches/scores, presumably from grit embedded in the wiper seal at some point, but these are very light and fine, so hopefully won't impede the function when rebuilt.
Here are the Qs:
1. I've stripped them tonight, but the white (yellow) washer/bush thing from atop the oil damper was flipped on its side (semi-stuck) when I inspected inside the leg, so I had to pull it out to clean it and make sure it goes back in the right way up, but should it have even come out from the top of the leg in the first place?
2. Inside the dummy leg, there's a red washer/seal - should it be there? What's it for and should i attempt to remove it?
3. The oil damper is "whooshing" like I presume it should but sometimes I get 5 or 6mm of slack/movement before the rod seems to engage the damper - is this normal/okay/buggered?
I don't really want to remove the damper (lack of special tools) but will properly grease up everything before it all goes back together and will fit a new set of dust/wiper seals too.
Thanks in advance.
Pics to assist:
Firstly though, big thanks to everyone for the wealth of information previously posted which helped me get this far, especially in this thread here: 1996 Judy XC Rebuild - FINISHED
Despite all that I have a couple of questions about a pair of Judys that arrived today from another far-afield eBay purchase, which looked great from the external pics in the ad, and to be fair, the internals ain't too bad either. The MCUs came out in one piece and are still fairly flexible, despite one of the elastomers on side having deformed, so I'll hunt for a NOS/new reproduction set of replacements (I don't fancy the Kronos upgrade springs but will concede to fitting these if easier to come by). The left stanchion has some very slight scratches/scores, presumably from grit embedded in the wiper seal at some point, but these are very light and fine, so hopefully won't impede the function when rebuilt.
Here are the Qs:
1. I've stripped them tonight, but the white (yellow) washer/bush thing from atop the oil damper was flipped on its side (semi-stuck) when I inspected inside the leg, so I had to pull it out to clean it and make sure it goes back in the right way up, but should it have even come out from the top of the leg in the first place?
2. Inside the dummy leg, there's a red washer/seal - should it be there? What's it for and should i attempt to remove it?
3. The oil damper is "whooshing" like I presume it should but sometimes I get 5 or 6mm of slack/movement before the rod seems to engage the damper - is this normal/okay/buggered?
I don't really want to remove the damper (lack of special tools) but will properly grease up everything before it all goes back together and will fit a new set of dust/wiper seals too.
Thanks in advance.
Pics to assist:
