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steering jumps hard over bumps...its a sign of???

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Old Apr 22, 2004 | 08:52 AM
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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!
Old Apr 22, 2004 | 09:07 AM
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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.
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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
Old Apr 22, 2004 | 07:36 PM
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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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