Stratton Jimmer Posted February 28, 2022 Report Share Posted February 28, 2022 Just wondering if anyone may have an idea what brand of shock absorber this might be. It has been "colour coded" to match the delft blue GT6. Pressing down on the rear of the car with my 77 Kilos (11 stone) results in virtually no movement so I'm looking at some suspension adjustments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted February 28, 2022 Report Share Posted February 28, 2022 I wonder if it is a gaz shock? they are gold, but usually adorned in othjer stickers too. You say press on the rear of the car, where I wopuld not expect to see a huge amount of movement. Shocks I test by hand to make sure they take a few second to fully compress and open with me pressing or pulling. At the back too much damping is bad news, needs to be fairly compliant. But if you have been prssing on the bodywork, you have been testing the spring. And Rotoflex shocks are not easy to find..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigolf Posted February 28, 2022 Report Share Posted February 28, 2022 That's a Gaz shock. It should be adjustable with the knurled knob at the bottom. Most people find that setting click 2 or 3 is hard enough. I think it will go up to 12 or so. You'll break your teeth on any more than 3! Gav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Clark Posted February 28, 2022 Report Share Posted February 28, 2022 34 minutes ago, trigolf said: That's a Gaz shock. It should be adjustable with the knurled knob at the bottom. Most people find that setting click 2 or 3 is hard enough. I think it will go up to 12 or so. You'll break your teeth on any more than 3! Gav +1 Definitely a Gaz shock Blue shroud, gold body and green sticker are typical of Gaz. Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unkel Kunkel Posted February 28, 2022 Report Share Posted February 28, 2022 Gaz shock. btw, 77 Kg is a bit more than 11stone, Nigel.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 the gaz can end up with road dirt seizing the adjuster knob held on with a small allen screw undo and remove the knob there is a detent/gives the clicks spring and small ball under the knob give it all a clean refit and its fine again not that they get adjusted very often Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain T Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 13 hours ago, trigolf said: Most people find that setting click 2 or 3 is hard enough. I think it will go up to 12 or so. You'll break your teeth on any more than 3! Yes it's a GAZ, when fitted to the rears I set at 6 clicks. On a test run the guy on the back seat was bouncing up and down like a demented jack in the box😂. I think I've set at 1 click rear and 2 on the front. Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Truman Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 Mine have the knob and detent ball but the knob has (-) left (+) right from Zero, so is one klick all the way left then forward one click? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 yes clockwise stiffens the rebound on mine there was in the box a graph of clicks vs loads off their dynamometer Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Truman Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 Must check have the calibration graphs somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratton Jimmer Posted March 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 Thanks everyone. Collectively you are the "font of all knowledge". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 there a lot of cracks about whats in the Font !! or the pulpit !! for that matter Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NonMember Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 1 hour ago, Stratton Jimmer said: Collectively you are the "font of all knowledge" ... but individually we're all Comic Sans 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain T Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 3 hours ago, Stratton Jimmer said: font I always use Arial...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 Works great even at 30 degrees. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain T Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 I'm not allowed near that porthole. Apparently I don't put the clothes in correctly?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted March 1, 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2022 2 hours ago, NonMember said: ... but individually we're all Comic Sans 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratton Jimmer Posted March 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2022 They are indeed Gaz shocks so no more mystery. I followed Pete's advice on freeing up the adjusters and have now set them on 2 clicks. A quick test run within the last hour has confirmed this to be a realistic setting similar to that of IainT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain T Posted March 4, 2022 Report Share Posted March 4, 2022 Are they better than the ones you replaced? My Gaz seem fine. Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratton Jimmer Posted March 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2022 I didn't replace them. They were on the car when I purchased it but had been disguised with blue paint. A quick run over with a wire brush and hey presto, they are GAZ branded shocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euan douglas Posted March 6, 2022 Report Share Posted March 6, 2022 Another question about Gaz shocks - is there a hard stop at each end of the adjustment and if not then how many clicks from the neutral setting to fully soft and fully hard? Euan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted March 6, 2022 Report Share Posted March 6, 2022 37 minutes ago, euan douglas said: Another question about Gaz shocks - is there a hard stop at each end of the adjustment and if not then how many clicks from the neutral setting to fully soft and fully hard? Euan If they're anything like Spax they just sort of fade out in one direction and the clicks become almost non-existent. I think - and it's hazy - that they'll stop in one direction but get very vague in the other. I ran my Gt6 rears on about 3 and this is why I seem to remember them stopping in one direction, so I could could 3 from that point, but if you went on the clicks just became fainter with no seeming stop point. Hopefully someone here will be able to confirm for definite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratton Jimmer Posted March 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2022 1 hour ago, euan douglas said: fully soft and fully hard? I haven't tried the hardest setting but there's definitely a solid stop at the soft end. One of the pair was seized and I followed the advice given by Pete, above, to free it off. From the softest setting I wound it up as far as six clicks but then brought it back down to two. The non seized shocker was on two clicks in the positive direction hence my choice. Test driving shows this to be a very acceptable setting for the roads around Stratton St Margaret. The back end which has CD drive shafts is well planted and handling through tight bends is superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted March 6, 2022 Report Share Posted March 6, 2022 2 hours ago, euan douglas said: Another question about Gaz shocks - is there a hard stop at each end of the adjustment and if not then how many clicks from the neutral setting to fully soft and fully hard? Euan From testing with my shock dyno (ie me pressing on a shock, off the car) Gaz tend to go solid after about 5 clicks. (this may vary) But on teh rear they need to be pretty soft or it will skip about. 2 clicks seems to be about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain T Posted March 6, 2022 Report Share Posted March 6, 2022 I have the 1" spring spacer on my Vitesse and 1 click on the rears feels OK. A hard rear end isn't comfy or nice to drive😂. I tried one click on the fronts and it seemed a bit floaty and disconnected with the road at speed. Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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