OldeSkool

I'm very pleased with the ride and handling of my car. The Koni's do a great job. However, the rear passenger side feels a little floppy.

I am not positive that it is shock related, the shocks are less than a year old. Could it be:

*Simply due to the design of the panhard bar?
*An excessively worn LCA rubber bushing? (They looked ok about 5,000 miles ago)
*That I just need to increase the setting on that shock a little (both rears are full soft)

But, if I take the shock off, is there a way I can check to see that it is working properly? To make sure I didn't get a dud?

Thanks

Sam Strano

iTrader: (41)

Floppy can mean so many things. You have adjustable dampers, try increasing the rebound a bit and see if it cures things. You didn't get a dud, they are all checked when they are built/boxed. There is a chance you might have broken on, but I doubt it as that's really not common unless you don't have your bumpstops on...

And so many other things can effect things. If the PHB is not right, the rear axle isn't square, and that will change the way the car drives in left vs. right handers. Maybe you have a spring going south? You may indeed have a bad bushing. Really hard to say.

OldeSkool

I have the "hose mod" in the rear, which i guess could push things over a little bit by way of stock phb. that may be it. I never liked panhard bars.

The springs are stockers with about 70,000 miles on them, seem to be good but I don't really know how they go bad, or how to tell when they do.

The feeling is that 3 of the wheels are nice and controlled, bumps are felt once and nicely dampened. whereas the rear passenger side feels like it did when i had shot shocks.

I'll try raising rebound a little and report back.

Thanks Sam

tuffass

Does your right rear sit a little lower on the tire than the other? I'm having that prob right now and the only thing I have been able to come up with is that it's the sock.

Sam Strano

iTrader: (41)

That's not the shock's fault.

tuffass

Whats not the shocks fault?

OldeSkool

the right rear sitting lower... the shocks dont support any weight, the springs do.

Also, almost everyone's f-body is higher on the drivers side supposedly to compensate for driver weight.

tuffass

Really... I've never noticed it until i bent my wheel. It doesnt affect handling at all but doesnt seem right to me. It's only about 1/2" but annoys me.