Are you sure the sliding pillar system isn't worn out? Grab a wheel and rock.
If there's play that you can feel, you need a rebuild. Check the function of
the shock absorber, if it is really a 'bounce'. Take them both off and compare
how much resistance you get. Check your wheels for balance: a cold tire will
flex less, may bounce more.
Chip Brown
Werner Pels wrote:
> I've watched the recent messages on this subject with great interest (and
> learned more about battery polarity than I ever imagined I needed to know).
> I have a suspension question, too.
>
> When my '70 Plus 8 is cold - that is, hasn't been driven in a few days - I
> have to hold my speed down, especially when cornering. If the road has any
> sort of bumpiness at all, the left front wheel will start bouncing, with
> increasing amplitude, until I haul the speed down. After the car warms up -
> say 10 miles or so - it isn't so skittish, but I can still feel a slight
> tendency for that wheel to bounce. Lube doesn't seem to play a part. Both
> sides get oil freely and it doesn't seem to matter whether I've given it a
> shot or not. The damper blade is intact and secure.
> w.
>
> Werner Pels
> 2358 Banbury Pl.
> Walnut Creek, CA 94598
> (925)939-7612
> wpels@worldnet.att.net
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