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Replacing shocks in pairs

BrianD3 · 2009-01-03 11:35:00

It is often said that if a new shock absorber is needed on a car, that the other shock on the same axle should be automatically replaced to avoid imbalance. Even if the other shock is in good condition, not leaking etc. I always thought this was a bit of a myth. A few months ago I got the nearside front shock replaced on…

03-01-2009 11:35am

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It is often said that if a new shock absorber is needed on a car, that the other shock on the same axle should be automatically replaced to avoid imbalance. Even if the other shock is in good condition, not leaking etc. I always thought this was a bit of a myth. A few months ago I got the nearside front shock replaced on my Laguna and recently I brought it for its NCT.

Nearside shock had 20k miles on it
Offside shock had 190k miles on it
Imbalance from NCT: 0%
So based on this I would say that there is no problem replacing 1 shock at a time.

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#2 03-01-2009 11:48am

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I once (accidentally) drove through a red light, got stopped by the police and was let off with a warning.

So, based on this, I would say that it is ok to drive through red lights

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#3 03-01-2009 1:21pm

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It's just good convention/best practice, there's nothing more to it than that.

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