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Subject: Re: [Healeys] Suspension issue
From: Bob Spidell via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2020 18:25:58 -0700
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Does the rear end sag more than it used to? Weak springs. If the rear 
end bounces more than one bounce when you press down on it, weak shocks.

It's a start.

Bob

On 9/20/2020 4:20 PM, Michael Oritt wrote:
> There's been some road construction in my neighborhood and it's clear 
> that my car's suspension is reacting very harshly. The front end seems 
> okay with no wheel hopping at speed or bad rebounding but the rear 
> seems to bottom out on even small changes of pavement. It's been a 
> while--at least 10 years--since I fitted new DW springs and the Putske 
> Bilstein conversion is perhaps a bit more dated.
>
> Is there a way of testing or evaluating suspension components or is 
> this all simply subjective?
>
> Best--Michael Oritt
>


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    Does the rear end sag more than it used to? Weak springs. If the
    rear end bounces more than one bounce when you press down on it,
    weak shocks.<br>
    <br>
    It's a start.<br>
    <br>
    Bob<br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/20/2020 4:20 PM, Michael Oritt
      wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CAPTa0B587LS-s+no00HxF6xhOY7M+hYPN9DyT7iUL+o+3qzoLQ@mail.gmail.com">
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style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)">There's
            been some road construction in my neighborhood and it's
            clear that my car's suspension is reacting very harshly. The
            front end seems okay with no wheel hopping at speed or bad
            rebounding but the rear seems to bottom out on even small
            changes of pavement. It's been a while--at least 10
            years--since I fitted new DW springs and the Putske Bilstein
            conversion is perhaps a bit more dated.</span><br
style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)">
          <br
style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)">
          <span
style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)">Is
            there a way of testing or evaluating suspension components
            or is this all simply subjective?</span><br>
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        <div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><span
style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)"><br>
          </span></div>
        <div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><span
style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Tahoma,Calibri,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(250,250,250)">Best--Michael
            Oritt</span></div>
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