OT - Struts
03-11-2005, 10:53 PM
#71
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Re: OT - Struts
Jeff Strickland proclaimed:
> We understand that completely, but is not part of the question.
>
> The tires wear because the struts or the shocks are worn, allowing the tires
> to bounce in a harmonic pattern that results in cupping along the edges of
> the tires.
Except of course where it is a strut and is therefore also the front
suspension point, and can cause feathering in exactly the same manner
as any other worn front non-shock style suspension wear.
It would be interesting to know if the shop also sells strut jobs...
>
> We understand that completely, but is not part of the question.
>
> The tires wear because the struts or the shocks are worn, allowing the tires
> to bounce in a harmonic pattern that results in cupping along the edges of
> the tires.
Except of course where it is a strut and is therefore also the front
suspension point, and can cause feathering in exactly the same manner
as any other worn front non-shock style suspension wear.
It would be interesting to know if the shop also sells strut jobs...
>
03-11-2005, 10:53 PM
#72
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Re: OT - Struts
Jeff Strickland proclaimed:
> We understand that completely, but is not part of the question.
>
> The tires wear because the struts or the shocks are worn, allowing the tires
> to bounce in a harmonic pattern that results in cupping along the edges of
> the tires.
Except of course where it is a strut and is therefore also the front
suspension point, and can cause feathering in exactly the same manner
as any other worn front non-shock style suspension wear.
It would be interesting to know if the shop also sells strut jobs...
>
> We understand that completely, but is not part of the question.
>
> The tires wear because the struts or the shocks are worn, allowing the tires
> to bounce in a harmonic pattern that results in cupping along the edges of
> the tires.
Except of course where it is a strut and is therefore also the front
suspension point, and can cause feathering in exactly the same manner
as any other worn front non-shock style suspension wear.
It would be interesting to know if the shop also sells strut jobs...
>
03-11-2005, 10:53 PM
#73
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Re: OT - Struts
Jeff Strickland proclaimed:
> We understand that completely, but is not part of the question.
>
> The tires wear because the struts or the shocks are worn, allowing the tires
> to bounce in a harmonic pattern that results in cupping along the edges of
> the tires.
Except of course where it is a strut and is therefore also the front
suspension point, and can cause feathering in exactly the same manner
as any other worn front non-shock style suspension wear.
It would be interesting to know if the shop also sells strut jobs...
>
> We understand that completely, but is not part of the question.
>
> The tires wear because the struts or the shocks are worn, allowing the tires
> to bounce in a harmonic pattern that results in cupping along the edges of
> the tires.
Except of course where it is a strut and is therefore also the front
suspension point, and can cause feathering in exactly the same manner
as any other worn front non-shock style suspension wear.
It would be interesting to know if the shop also sells strut jobs...
>
03-14-2005, 01:58 PM
#77
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Re: OT - Struts
"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
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> Yes, just as the Libby's ball failure would no longer control it's
> wheel: http://www.detnews.com/2003/autosins...tos-319372.htm
> Strut failure: http://members.home.nl/mk2/ext/11.jpg
Amazingly, these too are beside the point.
03-14-2005, 01:58 PM
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Re: OT - Struts
"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
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> Yes, just as the Libby's ball failure would no longer control it's
> wheel: http://www.detnews.com/2003/autosins...tos-319372.htm
> Strut failure: http://members.home.nl/mk2/ext/11.jpg
Amazingly, these too are beside the point.
03-14-2005, 01:58 PM
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Re: OT - Struts
"L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
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> Yes, just as the Libby's ball failure would no longer control it's
> wheel: http://www.detnews.com/2003/autosins...tos-319372.htm
> Strut failure: http://members.home.nl/mk2/ext/11.jpg
Amazingly, these too are beside the point.
03-14-2005, 01:59 PM
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Re: OT - Struts
"wkearney99" <wkearney99@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > When the struts fail, the affect is identical to the failure of a shock.
>
> No, when the shock assembly inside the strut fails it's identical. A
strut
> failure
That is the only failure of a strut that I have ever seen, except for a bent
strut that got that way from Curb Hunting.