[DeTomaso] Aldan shocks

[John Maffeo]

here's my experience with them.....

I bought a set of Aldan's as part of a group-buy about 5 years ago. The rears 
started leaking about 2 years later. I called Aldan and explained that I bought 
them as part of a group-buy and did not have a receipt. They said "no problem." 
I just had to pay for shipping there and back. They repaired them for free. It 
was less than a week turn-around. They have been fine for me since.

John




________________________________
From: "cengles at cox.net" <cengles at cox.net>
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Wed, July 28, 2010 6:38:37 AM
Subject: [DeTomaso] Aldan shocks

Dear Mike T and Mike D, I checked with the Aldan web site and I have included 
the key sentences in their warranty statement. "Aldan Shock Absorber Co. makes 
no warranties whatsoever, expressed or implied, oral or written to purchasers. 
There is no warranty of merchantability made to purchasers. Liability is limited 
to repair or replacement of defective parts to original purchaser". To get the 
Aldan site, I googled "Aldan Shocks". There was a surprising number of hits 
regarding Aldan shock failures and this is a clip from a Viper owner's post 
about his *third* failure. It was simply the first one on the list. "Well funny 
in a sad way. Ambients cooled, my Kumho V700s got a bit hard, I wheel hopped the 
car hard a couple of times, and the driver's side rear Aldan started leaking 
again. Today I took them off and shipped back to Aldan (who has great customer 
service and rebuilds them whenever they blow up). When I was backing off the 
spring perch ring on the driver's side to relieve the spring pressure before 
popping the top mount out, the two parts of the shock body started unscrewing. 
Apparently, the last time the shock was rebuilt, they did not tighten the two 
separate parts of the shock body with sufficient torque. I used a chisel and 
hammer to move the perch ring until it got loose enough to use the spanner. Then 
it tightened up again. Went back in forth ths way, I thought I had it under 
control, then bam the seal between the two parts of the shock body broke loose 
and shock oil started squirting out across the garage. The shock had been 
leaking out of the shaft seal, but there was still a lot of oil and all the 
nitrogen pressure was left." In the interest of objectivity, I did google Aldan 
shock failure= 28,300 hits. Koni shock failure=72,500 hits. I think that given 
the years of manufacture and the number of units sold, there is probably a whole 
lot more Konis out there than Aldans by way more than a 3:1 
ratio..................... Warmest regards, Chuck Engles PS: I do understand 
about home owner finances. We get to put on a new roof after a hailstorm of 
Biblical proportions
_______________________________________________

Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA

Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/

DeTomaso mailing list
DeTomaso at list.realbig.com
http://list.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso