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Most Likely Suspension
Posted by RegQ [Email] (more from RegQ) on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:39:59
In Reply to: Alignment...or Suspension?, Angela, Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:27:03
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Angela:
On smooth & level pavement, if your car tracks straight ahead w/o noticeable pull to one side, your alignment is probably fine.
That side-skipping behaviour is usually the sign of worn shock rear absorbers. Even if they are not completely shot, uneven damping on rear shocks caused that exact symptom on my 1999 Saab 9-5. The problem is that worn shocks don't do as good a job of keeping your tires in contact with the ground or sharp bumps and pavement joints.
It is probably true that if your front OR rear alignment is off, that it might make matters worse with worn shocks. It could also be that your rear suspension trailing arm main bushings are worn. However, even if your car is on it's secondd set of rear shocks, I'd bet money that is the key issue. My second set of factory rear shocks developed a problem after less than 30,000 miles.
Reg
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