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How can u tell if u blew a strut?

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Old Mar 31, 2004 | 01:13 AM
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How can u tell if u blew a strut?

hey my car has been feeling really wobbly lately when im driving on the highway like above 60 mph and switching lanes...im running B&G's with KYBAGX, 3 in front, 6 in rear...and 1 of the rims has been bent and ive had a donut on...one of the front struts, the dials dont click so perfectly nor is the sticker with the numbers still there, so i have no clue if i even have that one on any setting.

i replaced the front strut tops/bearings like 2000 miles ago, and the car ran amazingly nice and stiff for like a week...then i hit a really mean pothole which bent my rim and mightve damaged the strut while it was at it...so then i tried adjusting the strut and it wouldnt click into a setting...so my question is, how do i know if blew the strut or not? should i replace it? could a donut affect this wobblyness? help me please
Old Mar 31, 2004 | 04:38 PM
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Well you might see oil leaking from it, another good test is too push on each corner to see how quickly they rebound. If you push on it and it bounces more then twice then it's probably blown. You have to push down kinda hard & let it quickly.... Also your tires might be wearing weird. Check to see it there are high & low spot's on you tires. If you've even seen another car on the freeway & his tire looks like it's bouncing like a basket ball, that guy's got bad strut's or shocks...........
Old Mar 31, 2004 | 04:45 PM
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sounds to me like its a bad control arm, not a strut
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