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Old Jul 15, 2015 | 02:36 PM
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Mine does that sometimes too. On mine its the solenoid that the rear switch controls doesnt activate in the actual shock. Ill usually click the rear switch a couple of times than u can hear the solenoid click when it starts to work than i just hold both switches up than it works like normal. I have no clue if it a short in the switch wiring or just a sticky valve inside the shock. Its not bad enough to make me want to take it back off and send it back to jd for a repair.
 
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Old Jul 15, 2015 | 04:56 PM
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Mine ended up being a bad solenoid in the shock unit. J.D. said they had a problem with some of the old style solenoids not being able to handle the heat. I ended up getting a new unit shipped to me, and it works better than the old one did from day 1. THANKS J.D.!
 
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