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by **Damo** » Wed May 10, 2006 5:10 pm

Lads, my car has started bouncing on the road seems to drivers side. I had KYB's fitted a while ago so its not them, any ideas what's causing it?

Thanks
Damo.

by **kevinod** » Wed May 10, 2006 6:34 pm

Bit more info needed... bouncing just as you're driving along a flat bit of road or where its bumpy?

How recently were those kybs put on? standard springs or lowered?

Maybe the spring on that side has moved out of place a little, needs to be reseated?

by **Myfeckin FTO** » Wed May 10, 2006 10:38 pm

Dampers would be obvious reason - is there any knocking?

by **kevinod** » Wed May 10, 2006 11:38 pm

gfalls wrote:maybe its turning into a castle...you could hire it out for parties...!

I hope its got a sunroof... :wink:

by **Damo** » Thu May 11, 2006 9:59 am

kevinod wrote:Bit more info needed... bouncing just as you're driving along a flat bit of road or where its bumpy??

Just a long ordinary bit of road

kevinod wrote:How recently were those kybs put on? standard springs or lowered?

We put them on about 5 months ago, APEX lowering Springs

kevinod wrote:Maybe the spring on that side has moved out of place a little, needs to be reseated?

Thanks thats possible I'll take a look at that

Website · by **Muad_dib77** » Thu May 11, 2006 1:26 pm

You driving on the irish roads? ;-)

by **kevinod** » Thu May 11, 2006 1:54 pm

Just a thought that occurred to me... did you by any chance hit any bad potholes or maybe even the kerb on that side recently? I'm just wondering if the tracking got knocked out...

Does it feel ok besides the bouncing? any vibration in the steering wheel or anything like that?

by **Damo** » Thu May 11, 2006 4:54 pm

kevinod wrote:Just a thought that occurred to me... did you by any chance hit any bad potholes or maybe even the kerb on that side recently? I'm just wondering if the tracking got knocked out... ?

I got it tracked a couple of weeks ago because I fitted the adjustable Camber bolts, the steering is much better than it was though I'm not convinced its 100% right enough. If the Camber wasn't adjusted properly would that cause it?

by **kevinod** » Thu May 11, 2006 5:20 pm

I'm not sure, but if something wasn't tightened properly and came loose it might allow for some movement.

I guess it would be more vibration rather than bouncing that you'd see but I'd say particularly bad alignment could have some strange affects on the car.

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