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 Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 11:41 am |
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Joined: Aug 01, 2011
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Location: Dundee/Motherwell
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need to do my rear shocks...is it just a case of doing it with car on the ground 1 at a time..or does something need to be held/jacked or what ?
cheers 
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 1:29 pm |
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stick it on axle stands and work from the floor. 4 big bolts
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 3:31 pm |
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cool cheers macj
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 5:16 pm |
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Location: Halifax
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I was wondering the other day actually can worn shocks case the back of the car to sag or not?
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 5:18 am |
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Location: Southampton
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Isn't it the torsion bar that holds up the rear of the car, not the shocks? The shocks just suppress any bouncing.
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 5:21 am |
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the shocks do the damping. If the rear is bouncing too much its the shocks.
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 1:04 am |
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aint done my shocks yet because i hate the cold...will do it when i get a half decent day...
query is i got a noise from the rear...sounds kinda like...if you had a buckled board on the floor of a tranny van lol
had coilovers on my vectra-c...had same noise..sold on coilovers and got told that the rear shocks were f*****
does this sound like shocks ?
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