Re: top 10 ways to know you need new suspension

[Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@zk3.dec.com>]

Hairy green toads from Mars made CHRIS AHOLA say:

>      My '87 5KCSTQ just turned 100,000 miles yesterday and it still 
>      seems to ride and handle fine with the stock suspension.  I'm I 
>      luck or have I just grown accustom to it?  If I were to redo my 
>      suspension what should I replace, springs, shocks or both or more?

Jeez, don't you people *drive* your cars anywhere? My '89 100Q has
over 140K miles on it, and Angela's short-commute '90 has almost 100K.

Anyway, to answer your questions, you've just grown accustomed to it.
I can't imagine any shocks lasting 100K from the factory. I'd replace
the shocks only; springs pretty much last forever, or fail totally.

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