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Originally Posted by vilant
Have no idea. He told me that the rear shocks were leaking. I asked if that would keep it from getting inspected and he said well technically yes but I can let it slide. Going to try and fix the images, but you can see in the one that only one of the shocks was actually bad.  |
Bad is a subjective thing - leakage is normal, total failure is not. Shocks tend to deteriorate with miles and time, but your inspector was probably fishing for a repair job. And if all he had to go on was some oily dirt, there is no way he could declare the shock was "bad". If I lived in PA, I'd be taking a close look at the state inspection criteria the shops are required to use.
A similar situation plagued me in NJ with my 67 - the brake pedal was always spongy, and the inspectors didn't like that very much. No amount of bleeding could fix it either. I finally gave up and sent Wifey to get the thing inspected - she always managed to talk them into a fresh sticker.