old friction shocks

can anybody help me i know i seen an article in one of the mags on how to rebuild those old friction shocks, i cant find it in any of my mags. does anybody else remember seeing this or am i just losing my mind.(old age setting in) thanks

 

Just what are you calling old friction shocks?
Many think 1928-48 Ford Houdaille lever arm hydraulic shocks are frictions as well as those crazy Roto-....shocks from England and others.

The era of friction shocks was from 1900-30 or so on factory cars and many variations of them from the aftermarket as well.

 

What are the shocks off of?

 

39-40 ford just wandering how hard it would be to rebuild them. i know i have seen it somewhere in a mag on how to rebuild them.

 

Those are hydraulic shocks. Nothing hard about rebuilding them. Getting them apart is the hard part. Do a search. There is an old mag article posted that shows how...

 

Again.

http://www.tocmp.com/manuals/Ford/Haudaille/index.html

As you can see it's really easy to rebuild them. if you have all the right tools. But I seem to have missplaced my HEC-3224.

 

thanks rodders. i knew you all could help me out.

 

I'm a die hard do it yourselfer but I bought rebuilt units after trying for a few hours to get them apart. They are not a Harry homeowner rebuildable part. IMHO

 

Bob Drake .com sells them if the rebuild goes south

 

http://www.applehydraulics.com/

 

Man, I just HATE it when I misplace my HEC-3224