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Re: Strange Suspension Hopping Wed, 14 September 2005 05:58 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Guys,

Do I read Adam's initial question differently.

Adam can you clear this up for me.

Is it the outer rear "...getting lifted off the ground" as you say first up?

Anyway my thoughts to the whole thing are:

1) The TRD Shocks are set too hard and the tyre bounces on the road surface. Heavier rate springs are not going to help this either. As said before.

2) The urathane bushes are not free to rotate and so bind up and then slip.
The control arms are meant to be able to rotate freely hence the best setup is to use rose joints/spherical bearings.

The OEM rubber bushes have enough rotational "give" in them to do this.

There is a lot more to "just replacing" bushes with urathane.

I would also suggest that "very" high spring rates on the front will not be a good idea. It will not allow the tyres to follow the road surface to give you maximum grip and will make the car bounce even more and understeer even more.

Regards

Rodger
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