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brocade16vchris

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31st Mar 12 at 20:49

my 2000 corsa b 1.2 16v club on standard springs seems to bounce at the rear quite significantly when travelling along, i have checked the tyre pressures and inflated them correctly which has reduced the amounth the car bounces when driving, it also seems to meet the bump stops when i drive over large bumps and uneven surfaces at speeds above 35-ish!?. Is this normal?, if yes what what be the best way to cure it?
cheers in advance
chris

Stuart H

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31st Mar 12 at 21:05

Shock absorbers sound fucked mate

andy_mk3

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31st Mar 12 at 22:37

Yeah it sounds like the shocks are knackered. One way to 'test' them is to bounce the car up and down a couple of times, then you should have no more then 1 and a half bounces after that. So if you push down, it should go back up, down, then up again, and no more.

brocade16vchris

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1st Apr 12 at 22:50

cheers i shall try and do that tomorrow, as am unsure on the condition of the shocks as they werent an advisory on the mot that came with the car when i bought it in december, however the mot before that they were an advisory and on the advisory notice they have *'s next to them, as do the tyres that were replaced before i bought it?, so they may have been replaced, i shall test it tomorrow, cheers!

john_gilluley

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6th Apr 12 at 17:43

Replace shocks m8

brocade16vchris

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8th Apr 12 at 21:24

quote:
Originally posted by andy_mk3
Yeah it sounds like the shocks are knackered. One way to 'test' them is to bounce the car up and down a couple of times, then you should have no more then 1 and a half bounces after that. So if you push down, it should go back up, down, then up again, and no more.

i have tried this and the car only bounces once, increasing to about one and a half if you really bounce the car, so i presume it is normal for the car to have a bouncy ride, perhaps im just not used to it!?