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Old 08-12-2010, 01:50 PM
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Working on a 2002 Trans Am, has 34,000 miles. I havent driven the car in 7 months. Just been sitting there. I took it out the other day and it feels real mushy. Driving down the road and swerving the wheel from side to side its not very firm. And if I walk to the rear of the car and push down on it, I can actually bounce the rear up and down pretty far with little resistance. It almost feels like I can bounce the car off of the ground. Any suggestions.
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What shocks are on it?
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Bad ones!!
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Originally Posted by libertyforall1776
What shocks are on it?
Bingo...

Originally Posted by tillery
Bad ones!!
...and it appears as if we already have an answer!
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Sorry. My point is his current shocks are obviously no good. Since he rarely drives it a high dollar multi adjustable may not be a cure all. Some more information on his driving style is needed.
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The shocks on the car are stock. And no, the car hardly gets driven. Hints the car having less then 35K miles. Im wondering if the pan hard bar may have dry rotted...
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Originally Posted by tillery
Sorry. My point is his current shocks are obviously no good.
Not sure why you apologized. I completely agree with you, shocks are gone.

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The shocks on the car are stock. And no, the car hardly gets driven. Hints the car having less then 35K miles. Im wondering if the pan hard bar may have dry rotted...
Your panhard bushings wouldn't be causing the things that you said your car is doing. Your PHB sole purpose is centering your rear end, that's it. The PHB has nothing to do with the compression or rebound of your suspension.




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