> =?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= wrote
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>> And check the struts! I replaced the struts with 'inserts' on a Celica,
>> 3 years later with nice shocks, the flange holding the sring up rotted
>> and dropped the spring on the tire! Good thing I was doing all of 5 MPH.
>> If it looks flaky, replace the entire strut.
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> Oh, you had that happen too?
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> This happened to our old '86 MR2. Spring seat rotted out, fell down and
> wrecked a rear tire. I was driving when it happened and it was pretty
> alarming.

I bet! I had made the dicision NOT to tkae the Interstate home and checked a nearby Salvation Army for deals. There weren't any...

Except that I wasn't doing 70 when the spring dropped!

Guess I owe a lot to the SA!