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MG TD TF 1500 - I need the oil retainer of the Shock absorber

hello I'm looking for the oil retainer of the Shock absorber, does anyone have the reference or tell me the external and internal diameters

Thanks


Alejandro Gutierrez

Alejandro,
You may have a very hard time getting the answers you require as well as the parts, at least in my part of the world. In Canada, as well as the USA, almost no one tries to rebuild their shock absorbers. There are only three or four lever action shock rebuilding companies in North America, that I am aware of, and not one of them will sell you any parts. You have to ship your shocks to them for rebuilding, and they send them back to you. Most have a lifetime guarantee on their work. I'm not sure what may be available from the UK or Europe, but maybe someone else will jump in to provide you with the information you seek. Good Luck!
Gene
Gene Burgess

Looks like a Girling early TD front shock? You would have to use a micrometer and measure the housing diameter and shaft diameter. A good auto parts store could then order the correct size seal. I have never seen this info listed anywhere. You would also have to make sure the shaft and housing were perfectly polished and smooth, etc. George
George Butz

Hi Alejandro,

I had to replace the seal in one of the rear shock absorbers on my TF recently. I had a major job pressing the shaft out of the housing but once that was done, a local bearing supplier was able to provide a suitable oil seal to replace the one that had been leaking. I would try your local bearing shop to see if they could help.
Regards,
Bill

TF 1500 #9901
Bill Tutty

George Butz, Bill Tutty

Thanks for the advice, already I was yesterday and buys lso oil seal, watches the photo
Alejandro Gutierrez Pardo

The photo

Thanks for your time

Alejandro


Alejandro Gutierrez Pardo

It's not that simple! Just installed my shocks after nearly 2 months of dealing with seal replacement. My TD is all original and the dampers (shocks) were never modified or replaced. Here are a few key points: 1) The oil seal Alejandro used (17-30-7) worked in my rear shocks, but not the front shocks - too big; 2) the original seals were fat, natural rubber O-rings; 3) while it may be possible to get O-rings of proper size, banded oil seals seem to be more common and, I think, are a better seal (look like tiny front hub oil seals); 4) the front shock shaft is two different dimensions - 0.068" or 17mm on the pressed side and 0.750 or 19mm on the splined side; 5) the bore (outside diameter of seal) on mine was 1.155" or 29mm; 6) there is far wider variety of all kind of seals in metric sizes than in inches; 7) hence my front shocks needed O-rings 17x6 and 19x5, or oil seals 17x29x7 and 19x29x7 - I used oil rings.

Couple dis-assembly points: 1) to remove rear shock arm, waste the dust cap and push the shaft through, from the dust cap side, leaving the arm on the shaft; 2) there's a standard freeze plug that will replace the cap - just seal it well; 2) to remove front shock arms, pull the pressed arm off (not the splined fitted one), then push the shaft out, leaving the splined arm intact; 3) mark all parts before separating, so you put them back in the same position.
G Harvey

Hi Alejandro,
look in the archieve where I put the part numbers.

Klaus
Klaus Harthof

Alejandro

Contact Peter at http://www.worldwideimportautoparts.com

He may be able to assist.
Bruce Cunha

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