Oops, I meant the shaft. The pistons are soft. The shell is just mild
steel.

Rex B wrote:

RoyJ wrote:

The pistons will eat a bandsaw blade. Sounds like an abrasive cutoff
saw is the quickest.


How do you figure? I've cut a lot of shocks over the years. The pistons
are made of cast aluminum, stamped mild steel, or powdered metal. There
are shim springs in them that are hard, but the chances of hitting those
is slim.