Dampers......again.....

[Trophy264]

Tim mention something of interest the other day just wondering if i could highlight this fact to others.
so apparently you can measure the damper height to find out how shagged they are?
anyone shed some more light?

 

[aucky]

Im also unclear on this tbh..
Really need a few clear bullet points and pics in one thread..
Not random pieces of info spread right accross the forum.

 

[littleandy0410]

From what I have managed to work out from reading on here, I briefly explained what I believe to be the gap, and linked to someone's photos explaining here:

http://cliotrophy.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7219&start=75

ETA: Aucky, just realised you commented at the time. Definitely needs clearing up by someone in the know!

 

[Renaultsport]

The gap marked in the photo will get smaller as gas leaks from the damper. 5mm is normal, if it's touching (as in the metal arm holding the external reservoir is touching the casing of the reservoir) then this means your shock is out of gas and needs to pay a trip to BG for a service. If you have no oil, then you will visibly see this covering the outside of the damper.

Hopefully this helps, and hope this is true. I'm sure someone will be on here soon to correct if I'm wrong but I think this is correct.