Paul GTP Posted January 14, 2003 Report Share Posted January 14, 2003 I don't know what is happening. Back of my car is so stiff I'm jumipng in it like a tennis ball. Is it mono leaf spring or shocks ? Please Help before i loose my stomach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOHCRagtopguy Posted January 14, 2003 Report Share Posted January 14, 2003 Sounds like your rear struts are frozen up. If they are old and get some moisture in there, that happens. Wifey's Euro does it sometimes, I have to put it in the garage to thaw out. Gets cold here in E. PA!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul GTP Posted January 14, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2003 That makes perfect sense. The weather just got colder in Calgary. About -20°C or -4°F Thanks :worship: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldsmoBeast Posted January 15, 2003 Report Share Posted January 15, 2003 yeah careful you don't break those struts...last year mine were frozen and i went for a spin, ended up oversteering quite a bit in a corner and htting the curb (and a tree trunk) with the corner of my car. somehow i guess the top of the struts broke and all of the fluid came out. it was a fun ride down to speedy's! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djardeli Posted January 19, 2003 Report Share Posted January 19, 2003 I don't know what is happening. Back of my car is so stiff I'm jumipng in it like a tennis ball. Is it mono leaf spring or shocks ? Please Help before i loose my stomach. If you think the struts might be going bad I'd recommend getting those replaced straight away. These usually go when it's cold out. I had one fail in -20 deg. C weather. If the fiberglass leaf spring becomes warped due to driving around with bad struts you will have a permanent lean in the rear and a permanent non-alignment related pull. The leaf spring is hideously expensive to replace. That's why there's all this talk of coil overs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandPrix34 Posted January 19, 2003 Report Share Posted January 19, 2003 wat do you guys think about these? http://www.gabriel.com/gaslt.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPRACER Posted January 19, 2003 Report Share Posted January 19, 2003 ACDelco units can be had for about 100 bucks at the dealer, Thats a strut and mount assembly and I'm talking Canadian dollars too, I know I did it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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