Re: Suspension....

["dalewitt" <dalewitt@express-news.net>]

I have run Sachs suspension on my 82 for the past six years with no sign of wear.  They are stiff but not too harsh
and I wouldn't change.  Have owned seven roccos with as many suspension combinations.

dale
82 2.1 16v rocco (Zender 400 w/NOS)
86.5 2.0 16v rocco

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> At 08:45 PM 10/26/98 +0000, Ryan Schuermann wrote:
> >just a note, one of mine cracked in half, I'd think twice about
> >every buying ST springs, then again maybe other springs crack too,
> >dunno.
>
> OTOH, a friend had a set on his 2002, they did'nt crack.  ST makes springs
> for virtually everything, I'd not worry too much about them breaking -
> every company has things fail, and with the sheer number of springs they
> make, they're more "likely" to have some failures.  I've not heard of many
> ST springs cracking, either.  I have heard bad things about Spax - lots of
> people have had problems with those, Tokico had a high failure rate a while
> back, EIP has had some bad things said about them, etc - onesy twosy

> failures, eh, bad things happen.  When the NG/lists fill up with horror
> stories about company X, well, maybe then it is time to look elsewhere(with
> a grain of salt, of course).
>
> My front Neuspeed swaybar broke an endlink - the heim joint sheared off
> when I tried to adjust it(I'm not _that_ strong!).  I don't think this is a
> common occurence, so I don't bother telling anyone about it.  The A3 Nspeed
> bars seem to break endlinks a lot, however.  We all know about Autotech's
> brackets.  Some things are known to break, others are not - I don't
> personally put ST springs in the "breaks-a-lot" category.  FWIW!
>
>
> I.Mannix
>
>
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