No, not getting personal.........are you using any protection to prevent
stone damage to your rear shockies?
Over the years, working on stations in NT & Qld, I've often seen shockies damaged, or the piston seized, from excessive
stone damage, long before the "normal" life span of the shock was achieved.
To reduce damage, we used to cut lengths of 63mm poly pipe, longways, and fix these to lower section of the shock with a hose clamp. Seemed to work
well, and if the poly started to get a bit worse for wear, it didn't take much to refit a new piece.
Now that I'm semi-retired, I have time to start many "projects"(whether I ever finish any, or many of said projects, is probably a good subject for a later thread!!!), and I recently made a set of steel, rather than poly, shockie protectors. The reason for the steel units was mainly for the better heat loss aspect.
Cut a length of 55mm NB pipe(3mm wall) about 120mm long, and split this length ways. Cut some "cooling slits" on the top half of each, then welded some strips at the front. One of these was a
guard for the adjusting knob for the Tough Dog adjustable shocks. Some matt black paint, a dab of silastic and 2 x 3.5" hose clamps completed the kit.
Stone Protection Kit
Fitted Stone Guards
Haven't done a cost analysis yet, but going on the materials, labour, smoko breaks, EO checks and sundry items, I could probably sell them, postage included, for about $200 per kit. :-)))
Bob