> =?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= wrote
> in news:oxCKh.1636$FS5.1157@trndny09:
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>> On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 17:09:46 +0000, Tegger wrote:
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>>> What if the shocks have 284,000 miles on them and still don't even
>>> bounce once when you stop pushing?
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>> I'd say you're very lucky!
>>
>> The bounce test, as I'm sure YOU know, is just a rule of thumb. I had a
>> car pass the bounce test and then felt like the rear end was falling off
>> going around corners.
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> I just tried all four corners on my '91 Integra (284K miles), just now.
>
> The two fronts are really hard to get bouncing. I kneel on the bumper and
> jump with all my 180 lbs, trying to get the front end to bounce. I manage
> to move it a little bit but as soon as I stop jumping it simply goes back
> up and stops. Maybe I need to gain weight.

I can spare you some if you'd like! Just tell me how much you need!

>
> The rears are quite a lot easier to bounce. I can make the rear move
> several inches. When I take my knee off the bumper, it moves back up, then
> back down again maybe 1/2". Then it stops.
>
> Our '99 Tercel (80K miles) is a different story. The front of that acts
> like the rear of the Integra. Once I stop bouncing the rears (which are
> really soft), it goes back up, down an inch, then back up again a half-
> inch.
>
> The bounce test must be approximate. My 'Teg feels looser than the new
> Corolla I drove last year. This in spite af all-new OEM bushings all
> around on the 'Teg. Might it also have to do with tires?

I have to do the struts on the Supra; I have 'new' (~20,000 miles) springs, but was told by an alignment tech the bushings were worn. Oh, boy!