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It feels like my suspension is frozen or something broke. The tire is almost rubbing the fender. The ride is really bumpy too. The temp here is 0 degrees so thats why I think it might be frozen. My car has done this off and on when its cold. Help!

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It feels like my suspension is frozen or something broke. The tire is almost rubbing the fender. The ride is really bumpy too. The temp here is 0 degrees so thats why I think it might be frozen. My car has done this off and on when its cold. Help!

 

Same thing here. I just wrote it off as a normal GM thing :?

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i noticed that with my cutty the first time temps dropped down to about 10 above. car was way stiff in the bumps.

 

i already knew that shocks/struts were going bad. guess they do not like cold when it they are going out.

 

Monty

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I had a Saturn that would build snow pack in the wheel wells and would actually hit the tires on the built up snow reducing the suspension travel.

 

I think it is normal for most all cars to ride stiffer when it's cold.

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Yeah I know the suspension gets stiff when cold but my rear end is hanging way down. I have it in a garage tonight to see if it will thaw out. It's -9 degrees here.

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good to hear NW MN is not the only cold place.

it is -13 here now. on its way to -23 at its coldest tonight

 

Monty

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Yeah I know the suspension gets stiff when cold but my rear end is hanging way down. I have it in a garage tonight to see if it will thaw out. It's -9 degrees here.

 

First I'd check to make sure there aren't any dead bodies in the trunk, and then second I'd check for a bad rear spring (probably the problem).

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Well there were a couple bodies in the trunk but I took them out and it still looks the same. :lol: I'll check it out tomorrow.

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I think it might bad struts/shocks. How hard is it to replace? Do you need special tools?

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Very good chance its that rear transverse leaf spring. I replaced some crap on that today to try cure a saggy rear end.. I replaced the rubber pads that disappear from the ends of the spring, and it fixed the problem. Took me all of 20 minutes to do it too.

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The weird thing is that when it's cold it sags and when it warms up outside it raises back up. WTF?

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Metal contracting when cold, and expanding while hot...odd as it seems it might be as simple as that

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the rear spring is a composit spring. i see broken ones all the time. i work in a garage. id go to a junkyard for one if it is indeed broken. we buy em new form a local supplier for about $400. its real fun putting them in if u dont have a hoist. hehe

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Don't forget to check tire pressure. Handling was off when the temperature dropped, I looked under the rear fearing a cracked spring or something, finally checked tire pressure, 15 PSI on one rear tire, 22 on others. (should be 30 according to label in trunk).

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