handling...
as the days go by my saph seems 2 b getting more n more floaty when it cums 2 taking bends...even powering it in a straight line she twitches all ova...its getting 2 the stage now where i dnt trust the car...wants 2 b sideways all the time?? any idea's why?
bushes mayb?
bushes mayb?
maybe bushes, but most likely dampers.
commonly known as shock absorbers, although the springs are actually the shock absorbers.
if you have just a spring, without a damper or with a knackered damper, the car will bounce a lot over a bump or due to weight transfer (like american cars in old movies where you see them stop and the front wobbles up and down for ages).
the damper has a piston that moves through oil, and it's difficult to move through the thick oil with only a small hole in it to allow it to move. that has the effect of letting the spring compress to absorb a bump, but then extend again slowly so that it doesn't keep bouncing.
to check it, you need to bounce each corner hard (maybe get a beefy man to help). as soon as you stop bouncing it, it should settle down and stop. if it does more than 1 bounce (maybe more for a softer family car), then they're knackered. and you should change them in pairs.
new dampers make a hell of a difference to handling, but aren't cheap, particularly front ones if you have to pay to have them fitted.
commonly known as shock absorbers, although the springs are actually the shock absorbers.
if you have just a spring, without a damper or with a knackered damper, the car will bounce a lot over a bump or due to weight transfer (like american cars in old movies where you see them stop and the front wobbles up and down for ages).
the damper has a piston that moves through oil, and it's difficult to move through the thick oil with only a small hole in it to allow it to move. that has the effect of letting the spring compress to absorb a bump, but then extend again slowly so that it doesn't keep bouncing.
to check it, you need to bounce each corner hard (maybe get a beefy man to help). as soon as you stop bouncing it, it should settle down and stop. if it does more than 1 bounce (maybe more for a softer family car), then they're knackered. and you should change them in pairs.
new dampers make a hell of a difference to handling, but aren't cheap, particularly front ones if you have to pay to have them fitted.
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