Fwd: More 5000S Problems

[Sandy Duffy <sandyduffy@home.com>]

You wrote:
>		Here's are the problems.  When turning; on ramp/off ramp
>gradual curves etc,  I feel that I'm about to lose control of my car.
>It's very brief.  Lasts less than a second.  It feels like my momentum
>will carry me outside of the curve.  And at times it feels like the car
>wants to fishtail.  Decreasing speed seems to help but I don't drive
>over the recommended limit on curves.  Could this be caused by the rack?
>Also when on semi bumpy roads I feel that I'm driving down a set of
>stairs.  Shocks/struts seem to be OK.  Could it be the springs?  

Dave:

I'm about 80% sure its the shocks BTDT on a 1984 5K.  Shocks seemed fine
doing the jump-on-it-and-see-how-much-it-does-or-doesn't-bounce test.
Tried everything replaced most of the front end of the car in the process.
No Luck!  Finally pulled a shock to investigate...Lo and behold...the
collar at the top of the shock was so loose it had about an inch of play!
Put new shock cartridges in (about a 15 minute per side operation IF you've
got the tool...I do...I bought it for this job $89.00.  You don't even have
to remove a wheel.) Problem gone :>)  

HTH

Sandy