Rebuilding my 1931 Chev shocks. What oil do I put in them?

If you do a Chatter search you will find a lot of strings on this, from memory I remember Jack oil, motorcycle fork oil I think there were some others also.

From my notes this is what Chevgene had to say on the topic last year:

"You could use motor oil if you wished....Just that fork oil,jack oil,ATF and PS fluid are more equal in viscosity to shock fluid.
#30 motor oil would give you a nice firm ride - especially in cold weather....#90 gear oil makes the front end as stiff as a board (experiance)."

Hydraulic jack oil will work fine!

How do you replace the seals? Do the cups come off or do you have to feed them into the hole?

The complete step-by-step instructions, with photos, for rebuilding the 1931 shock absorbers come with the shock rebuild kit that is sold by the Filling Station.

JD,
Didn't somebody do an article on rebuilding the shocks for G & D magazine some years ago. What year was it?

The article on rebuilding the 1930-32 shock absorbers appeared in the G&D in December of 1992 on pages 9 thru 13.

Thanks for the info. Not to be ignorant but what is G&D and where can I subscribe?

Join the Vintage Chevrolet Club of America and you get 12 monthy issues of the Generator and Distributor (aka G&D). Back issues are available for sale by contacting the editor.

Just used the rebuilding kit, and the enclosed instructions (written by none other than JunkYardDog) to rebuild all 4 of my shocks...came out great!

Just finished my shocks. The kit from the Filling Station worked very well. Thanks for all the information.