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Originally Posted by Ducati750cc
There is the rare possibility that when hitting the pothole the N/S shocker piston rod has been bent and the bent section is preventing the shocker from reaching its maximum amount of downward travel.
If it was a deep pothole the shocker may have been fully extended as the wheel dropped in the hole and when the wheel contacted the edge of the hole it both bent the piston rod and as the weight of the car was again pushing the rod back down into the shocker, the bent section could have been forced into the shocker, but won't come back out again under spring pressure.
There aren't many other things that will prevent a shocker from reaching its maximum extension when a wheel is off the ground.
Annoyingly the only way to prove this is to remove the leg and spring.
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Great point thanks it sounds reasonable to me and the pothole was a bad one ankle deep it was. after changing the wheel i popped the bonnet to check the strut top thats how bad it was!
love ya sig! 
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ZT-T Mk2 Jobs to do:
Renew auxiliary drive belt # Replace driver door lock actuator # Refurbish wheels
Last edited by Retap; 24th June 2021 at 18:55..
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