Frozen Bilsteins?

TM t44tq at mindspring.com
Mon Mar 4 22:56:08 EST 2002


The car in question is an '86 5ktq with Bilstein Sports and OEM springs.

The suspension worked fine- until today. Apparently, the temp was about
7F
this morning and the front suspension stopped working- no movement in
the
suspension at all. It crashes over bumps with zero wheel travel.

Anyone have any idea what the problem is? The suspension has not been
examined
closely so I can't tell you if the shocks are leaking visibly or
something like
that, but it sounds like front shock failure. Weird that both failed at
the
same time.

Has anyone experienced Bilstein shocks freezing due to the cold? 7F
isn't even
that cold, but maybe the shocks thought it was cold enough.

Taka




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