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Old Dec 27, 2008 | 11:09 PM
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yeah i just drive regular roads... nothing extreme. by checking the spring do you mean just physically looking at it?
Old Dec 27, 2008 | 11:10 PM
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yes, take a look at it to see if its in 1 peice or 2, i have heard of Hotchkis springs rusting through and literally braking.
Old Dec 27, 2008 | 11:11 PM
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usually thats a great way to see if its broken...haha. but um...sitting still in park, does it sit lower than the other wheels?
Old Dec 27, 2008 | 11:12 PM
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i say open the door or hatch and hop up and down on the door sill and see if you can hear anything or see if it hits......mimic driving conditions almost. the spring rate might be bad also...
Old Dec 27, 2008 | 11:20 PM
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maaaybe the wheel is loose...loose lug nuts...ooor the spring is broken..oooor bad spring rate...ooooorrrrr shocks....

...orrrr really wicked ____ed at the car and road make you pay out the butt for repairs angry wheel...
Old Dec 27, 2008 | 11:21 PM
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lol
Old Dec 28, 2008 | 12:32 AM
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i'll check the springs, so this is most likely a suspension problem?
Old Dec 28, 2008 | 12:36 AM
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yes or a weight issue
Old Dec 28, 2008 | 12:45 AM
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weight issue doesnt make sense to me considering the drive is in the front left of the car, and the issue is in the right rear or the car...completely different corner of the car for a problem if you were to that it was caused by the weight of the driver....

unless there is something i'm not thinking about...
Old Dec 28, 2008 | 12:46 AM
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Originally Posted by JoeSchizo
weight issue doesnt make sense to me considering the driver is in the front left of the car, and the issue is in the right rear or the car...completely different corner of the car for a problem if you were to assume that it was caused by the weight of the driver....

unless there is something i'm not thinking about...


edit: typos.
Old Dec 28, 2008 | 12:47 AM
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^^ it's in the back left, but same thing, lol.
Old Dec 28, 2008 | 12:49 AM
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i pressededed the wrong button....haha
Old Dec 28, 2008 | 12:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Tmas
^^ it's in the back left, but same thing, lol.

oh, right, yeah, i read passenger somewhere in the first post...


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