 Dead Drivers Side Strut?, No bounce |
 Jul 2, 2012 - 10:43 PM
|
 
|
 Enthusiast  Joined Jun 17, '10 From Frankfort Kentucky Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
I just put a new transmission in my car this weekend and finished getting everything back together today. While driving to work tonight I noticed that whenever I hit a noticable bump in the road that the front driver's side seemed to not give. It's hard to explain but the other struts would bounce and little as they normally would but the front driver's side doesn't bounce at all and seems like it follows the bump in the road. The car has had Tein (1"?) lowering springs on it for years. I've heard of bad struts bouncing too much but is it possible for one to become completely dead. I didn't have this problem before putting my new transmission in so there could be multiple issues going on with that side of the car, I would just like some idea of where to start looking at.
-------------------- |
 |
Replies
|
Jul 4, 2012 - 9:42 PM
|
|
|
Enthusiast Joined Mar 3, '05 From Richmond, B.C. Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Springs cause bounce. Shocks are properly shock dampeners -- they control the spring action by slowing the bounce, . The bounce test for shocks isn't to see if the car bounces, it's to see if it stops bouncing. A shock which has failed will not control the springs, and allow the car to bounce repeatedly. TRDproven's thought of too much stiffness seems more probable. Springs are much less likely to fail, and if they do you'd notice the car listing to one side.
|
Posts in this topic
krom8 Dead Drivers Side Strut? Jul 2, 2012 - 10:43 PM
richee3 Can you push on that corner of the car as if testi... Jul 4, 2012 - 2:55 PM trdproven when a shock goes dead you hear rattling or its cr... Jul 4, 2012 - 5:31 PM trdproven whether the car bounces or its stiff will give you... Jul 5, 2012 - 12:45 AM krom8 After looking over that side of the car again I sa... Jul 5, 2012 - 10:14 PM
trdproven supposedly MOOG has lifetime warranty but the fron... Jul 5, 2012 - 11:07 PM |
2 User(s) are reading this topic (2 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:
| Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: January 10th, 2025 - 1:10 AM |