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2026. 6. 30. 작업

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What makes a worn car shock spongy and soft?

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Shocks/struts can either come charged with nitrogen (gas shock) or conventional (without a charge). Both can wear out over time. Shocks should be replaced around 50k miles under normal conditions. That really depends on how you drive your vehicle, though. If all of your driving is done on the freeways of Texas where the straights are longer than long, then you'll find your shocks will last you longer ... maybe even considerably longer. If, on the other hand, you drive in a downtown area where you are stop/go all the time, plus have plenty of potholes to worry about, those shocks are going to have a much shorter lifespan. What exactly does a shock do? It converts the bouncing energy which happens when you are going over the bumps into heat energy which dissipates through the hydraulic fluid in the shocks. Due to this, there is only so much abuse the shock can take before it wears out. Not only does how the shock is used have an effect on the life expectancy, environmental factors can ta