Testing Shock Condition?

[Big T]

Hey all,

I've got a pair of TRD 8 way adjustable gas shocks (KYB variant) which im not sure on the condition of. When i turn them up to the hardest settings, they become almost impossible to push down so something's still working in them.

I've got my car in pieces at the moment and the places i've tried to contact about testing them say they need them in the car. Does anyone have any home-grown methods of testing the condition of shocks? Would immersing them in water and compressing them to check for bubbles work or will it damage the shock by doing this? Or if anyone knows a good place in Sydney that's open on sats that i could take them to? Thanks guys.

Eddie.

[roadsailing]

call a good suspension place and aske them if they have a shock dyno.

if they don't, cross them off the list of good suspension places and try again.

pedders etc will give you a drive on shake test, where they stick it on and tell you that everything is f*cked and needs to be replaced, a workshop with a shock dyno will be able to tell you the condition of the shocks and hopefully what spring rates will go with them.

i'm getting a set ot TRD shocks soon and hope to dyno them before they go in the car.