were the pictures of shox helpful ?
Steve,
to me it is hard to understand which shock is what.
for example, to me the huge pair of welded beads 180' apart from each other on each side of the steel eye is quite visible. especially when the shock is mounted, one sees the welds in the full display of a side view.
part of the problem is in trying to form an accurate evaluation is looking at pictures of parts instead of looking at actual parts, but for the most part i think we do pretty good. and maybe another factor is how many of us have actually seen actual original parts to compare to repro parts. another obvious difference, assuming one has seen an original 7 spring shock, the diameter of the wire uses ot make the coil spring is not as large as Yamiya.
when i post pictures i always look at the picture of the object, to make sure the picture is decent enough to see distinctions i am able to see in the pictures i posted. i feel the pictures i posted and an original 7 spring and the yamiya shock, viewing the black steel eyes, the springs and the welding on the base of the shocks where eyelet is held on by a nut show the differences between the 2 shocks quite well....
