I have seen shocks bust the internals as they bottom out
A well-known feature of Konis especially, dating right back to the mid 1970's when we used to fit them to our Triumphs. Bottom out a set of Komis and you'd often bust the adjuster mechanism. We used to set them on the hardest setting and reduce them click by click until we got a ride that was tolerable to avoid the risk as much as possible. Mind you, that was in the days when we still thought that hard suspension was best for good handling - which I suppose was understandable given the soggy UJMs that were around at the time.
Tim H. 1986 4/4 VVTi Sport, 2002 LR Defender, 2022 Mini Cooper SE
