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rwatt1981 04-22-2004 08:52 AM

steering jumps hard over bumps...its a sign of???
 
whenever it hit some bumps at around 40MPH or so, my car is jumping to the left and the right. what's that a sign of? is it my struts? my car has 63K miles on it. thanks!

BRIGBOY 04-22-2004 09:07 AM

Tire pressure too high? Check that first since its free.

Could be bad struts but you would really be bottoming out rather than lauunching. I used to experience same thing dropped 3" on GC coilovers since there was no suspenesion travel, the car takes the bump not the suspension.

mansurxk 04-22-2004 09:16 AM


Originally Posted by rwatt1981
whenever it hit some bumps at around 40MPH or so, my car is jumping to the left and the right. what's that a sign of? is it my struts? my car has 63K miles on it. thanks!


its called a torsion beam, inherent flawof the rear suspension bouncing laterally instead of just vertically, the rear sway bar alleviates this problem from my understanding

rwatt1981 04-22-2004 07:36 PM


Originally Posted by BRIGBOY
Tire pressure too high? Check that first since its free.

Could be bad struts but you would really be bottoming out rather than lauunching. I used to experience same thing dropped 3" on GC coilovers since there was no suspenesion travel, the car takes the bump not the suspension.


yeh i think it was the tire pressure....today i checked it..and my two rear tires were around 15psi....i have a slow leak in both of them....pretty $hitty.


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