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Old Aug 24, 2003 | 07:09 PM
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serious front end problems please read

what could be wrong when you feel what you think is wheel hop so bad that it shakes the windshield wipers on....so then you jack up car and see where control arm is hitting frame.....????????all seems to be together and nothing broken .....but something is f'edup....any ideas?
Old Aug 25, 2003 | 04:18 AM
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somebody has got to have an idea
Old Aug 25, 2003 | 05:39 AM
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Yeah stop beting the **** out of your car. I know it is a Nissan but even they have limits.
Old Aug 25, 2003 | 07:16 AM
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Check your motor mounts....if you've been

hopping wheels for a while, is now likely the symptom, not the cause....one or more of your motor mounts may be gone...
Old Aug 25, 2003 | 08:45 AM
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get that car to nissan stat. make them fix it.
Old Aug 25, 2003 | 05:00 PM
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Originally posted by SR20DEN
Yeah stop beting the **** out of your car. I know it is a Nissan but even they have limits.
lol thanks for the advice!lol....
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Re: Check your motor mounts....if you've been

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Galo
hopping wheels for a while, is now likely the symptom, not the cause....one or more of your motor mounts may be gone... [/QUOTE

i was thinking mounts to at first until i saw the control arm was hitting the fram...what would broken mounts have to do with that?is there something im missing?
Old Aug 29, 2003 | 06:05 AM
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anyone else have an idea?
Old Aug 29, 2003 | 06:20 AM
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Originally posted by tonylittell
anyone else have an idea?
I bet Nissan has some ideas. Take it to them and
see what they say!
Old Aug 29, 2003 | 11:51 AM
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$84/hr for Nissan's awesome troubleshooting service.

You better start looking around under there yourself real good, cause they'll take their sweet time, give you a fat bill that says cannot reproduce at this time.

Check the motor mounts 1st to address the wheel hop and see if the rest of the windshield vibration and such is an effect of the motor mounts.

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