1966 ca77 shock question

[choctaw]

I disassembled shock to have painted and bottom case re-chromed. My question is.. does it only use the heavy spring or is the shock suppose to work also?If the shock is suppose to work,how do you rebuild them. thanks,Mike.

[G-Man]

Mike

There is oil and a damper piston / valve in the main body. It looks like yours is swaged rather than fitted with a screw cap so you need specialist equipment to cut the top off and then you need to re-create the fastening system.

Do you feel resistance if you push / pull on the rod? If so you may be able to just leave it as-is.

This is how I do the ones with screwed-in covers.

http://www.honda305.com/forums/dissasem ... 94-42.html

The swaged ones are possible but much harder.....

http://www.honda305.com/forums/dissasem ... 94-28.html

G