Saturday 4 June 2011

How do i know my car needs new shock absorbers?

I recently changed them and i want to know if i chose correctly.|||push down on the car





if it comes back up and stops, your ok





if it bounces and continues up and down, bad|||when you push up and down on the bumper get it moving pretty good after you stop it should not continue to bounce more than 1 and a half times|||i always heard to give it a bounce test by putting all your weight down hard on a corner and if it bounces more than 3 times you need new. and of course if you see a lot of fluid leaking from them. a little seeping is normal. i used to buy and sell cars and had a lot of cars state inspected and that was how i was told it was done by the inspectors.|||where ever you put them on, front or back just push down on the front or back and if it bounces once and quits then your good shape.|||if they r new they should be the good|||The old bounce test was the way back in the day. Not sure how good it is now. If you put new ones on, they should be fine at least for fifteen or twenty thousand miles. I just swapped a couple out that were leaking at 12x,xxx miles, they didn%26#039;t seem to be bad, but were, because they were leaking. The truck doesn%26#039;t ride any better now, but at least they aren%26#039;t leaking.