Some more deliveries this week for my Dnepr rebuild.
First up, was this pair of second-hand rear
shock absorbers that I had found on eBay. The seller was breaking a whole bike
and these were listed with a ridiculously low starting price, so I stuck in a
bid. Luckily no one else was interested
and I got them for about the price of a couple of pints of beer. One abstentious
Saturday night and that’s them paid for.
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| new shocks and new rubber seals |
Even though the original ones were
quite rusty I hadn’t been intending on replacing them. I had found a seal refurbishment
kit a while ago and was planning on just stripping them down, cleaning them up, and then rebuilding them. I may still do that, but in the meantime
I now have some spares.
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| badly pitted with rust |
These new ones differ from the ones I
already have only in that they do not have the upper chrome shrouds. I believe
that the factory used both types depending on the market that the bike was
destined for, and I now have a pair of each.
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| chrome shrouds |
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