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Good memory - it was me
The outcome was i nothing effectively - I got in there - took it apart - found nothing - put it back together - got a second opinion - found nothing
Realigned it - Drove off into the Sunset
As far as i could work out the shock internally got "stuck" - perhaps internal valves took a beating as after driving for a while and dismantling all was OK
Sorry cant be more help
Andy
John Lagnese <jlagnese@massed.net> wrote:That happened to someone else recently. I think it was an English lister. I
don't remember the outcome, though.
John
Cory Langford wrote:
> Well, I think I did something bad to the '79 yesterday :(
>
> I was not paying attention and I ended up hitting a rather nice large pot
> hole dead on with the driver side wheel at about 120 KPH.
>
> When I hit it, it sounded like I ran into a wall. Nice huge BANG, and I hit
> the brake, but the car started rocking in a very weird way. It was like it
> was rocking back and forth between the front driver side and rear pass
> side. Almost like the wheels were no in the same plane as the other two
> corners.
>
> Even at slow speeds it did this, until about 5 minutes of slow driving
> later, I went over another bump and the front end seemed to pop up and
> things went back to normal again.
>
> I have not had a chance to look under the car yet. So I figured I would get
> some opinions for sat. job of pulling the suspension apart.
>
> The guy I bought it off of put new struts into it (or so he says) and it
> definitely has nice new Febi strut bearing/caps on.
>
> Any thoughts of where to look?
>
> I was thinking if he forgot to put the bump stops into the front, I may
> have hammered the strut into the top of the cart. and it go stuck until it
> worked its way back out again. Is that possible?
>
> Cory Langford
> '86 turbo project - running, just needs tuning :)
> '79 daily driver - Restore in progress...
> '65 Ghia - The next project in the garage
>
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<P>Good memory - it was me
<P>The outcome was i nothing effectively - I got in there - took it apart - found nothing - put it back together - got a second opinion - found nothing
<P>Realigned it - Drove off into the Sunset
<P>As far as i could work out the shock internally got "stuck" - perhaps internal valves took a beating as after driving for a while and dismantling all was OK
<P>Sorry cant be more help
<P>
<P>Andy
<P>
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<P> <B><I>John Lagnese <jlagnese@massed.net></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">That happened to someone else recently. I think it was an English lister. I<BR>don't remember the outcome, though.<BR>John<BR><BR>Cory Langford wrote:<BR><BR>> Well, I think I did something bad to the '79 yesterday :(<BR>><BR>> I was not paying attention and I ended up hitting a rather nice large pot<BR>> hole dead on with the driver side wheel at about 120 KPH.<BR>><BR>> When I hit it, it sounded like I ran into a wall. Nice huge BANG, and I hit<BR>> the brake, but the car started rocking in a very weird way. It was like it<BR>> was rocking back and forth between the front driver side and rear pass<BR>> side. Almost like the wheels were no in the same plane as the other two<BR>> corners.<BR>><BR>> Even at slow speeds it did this, until about 5 minutes of slow driving<BR>> later, I went over another bump and the front end seemed to pop up and<BR>> things went back to normal again.<BR>><BR>> I have not had a chance to look under the car yet. So I figured I would get<BR>> some opinions for sat. job of pulling the suspension apart.<BR>><BR>> The guy I bought it off of put new struts into it (or so he says) and it<BR>> definitely has nice new Febi strut bearing/caps on.<BR>><BR>> Any thoughts of where to look?<BR>><BR>> I was thinking if he forgot to put the bump stops into the front, I may<BR>> have hammered the strut into the top of the cart. and it go stuck until it<BR>> worked its way back out again. Is that possible?<BR>><BR>> Cory Langford<BR>> '86 turbo project - running, just needs tuning :)<BR>> '79 daily driver - Restore in progress...<BR>> '65 Ghia - The next project in the garage<BR>><BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Scirocco-l mailing list<BR>> Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<BR>> http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Scirocco-l mailing list<BR>Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<BR>http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l</BLOCKQUOTE><p><p><br><hr size=1><a href="http://uk.yahoo.com/mail/tagline_xtra/?http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/mail_storage.html";><b><font face="Arial" size="2">Get a bigger mailbox -- choose a size that fits your needs.</font></b></a><br>
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