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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 01:02 AM
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Has anyone had their Penske shocks develop a leak? I'm having a drip onto the muffler on one side and the other side is dirty oil around the piston. What was Penske's response? Thanks.
 
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I haven't had it happen but they do need to be rebuilt and have the oil changed once in a while. Check out this site.
 
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An alternative is Howard at Motorcycle Metal, an HDF sponsor. He sells Penske and presumably also services them. Give him a call, he's very helpful.
 
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One of the big advantages of Penske over the other brands, (Ohlins, Hyper, Fox, etc) was the ability to rebuild and revalve yourself without a bunch of special tools. At least on my race bikes. You should be able to reseal and change the oil yourself.
 
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