RE: Hoppuing Rear End On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Anthony Egeln <regnsuzanne@yahoo.com> wrote: > I might add that the struts are relatively new, and I have to check, but > they may have been replaced about the same time that the skipping began. > > And that was already my guess before I got to that last part of the message, the rear suspension is hanging up, not following the road surface. Like some part of the suspension is very slow to rebound when hitting a bump. I'd check/replace those struts/shocks in the rear. First check to see if they are binding or dragging somewhere. You are getting the kind of behavior you can get with to much 'unsprung weight', a delayed return to firm contact with the ground. |
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