[Shotimes] Struts replaced. Wow!!

[Lewis]

Right on!!  You tell em' Don!  And I did mean to say springs, but I also
think of the strut as an integral unit with the spring attached.

Will Lewis

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From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Donald Mallinson
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 10:40 AM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Struts replaced. Wow!!


OK, with a nod to the "cam bearing" issue, here goes:

The struts DO hold up the car, in combination with the springs.

Take out the struts, and the car falls to the ground!  :)

Not like my 66 Grand prix where you CAN remove the shocks
and the car will still sit perfectly level!  But it will
bounce like a buckboard from the wild west.

In any car with a strut, the strut is an integral part of
the suspension and thus DOES hold the car up.  The spring
perch is part of every strut.

What does NOT hold the car up, is the strut INSERT or the
piston/shock portion inside the strut, although in a strut,
even THAT portion does help locate the suspension, thus that
is why the strut shaft is so much bigger than a regular shock.

I may not have used all the 100% correct terms, but I think
you can get the drift.

There, everyone discuss and have fun!

Don Mallinson
Stirrin' the pot!   :)

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