Date:         Fri, 5 Mar 2010 20:35:30 -0800
Reply-To:     Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: (NVC) Fryeday - Rear end of car skips
Comments: To: Anthony Egeln <regnsuzanne@yahoo.com>
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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.