My ongoing handling/suspension problem
I got LT tires, 4 new shocks and custom leaf springs. (See old thread.) Once the van was no longer all floppy in the rear, I noticed the front end. Took it to an alignment shop with good local repu...
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MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Put a BIG sway bar on the rear and it'll stop the lean around curves. The Dodge K cars of my toad's genre were pigs in the handling dept. If the vehicle wanders it's the steering. If it bobs and sags it's the springs. But if it wallows around curves you can bet your butt a REAR sway bar is the answer to your prayers.
Thank you, Mex.
I do think that a large part of the problem I am having is that I do not have the right vocabulary to tell shops what I am experiencing. I don't know whether 'wanders' or 'wallows' is the correct word.
(I have the same problem at the human-mechanic. What the heck is the difference between a stabbing pain and a shooting one? Maybe I am just bad at words.)
