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blaked93

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I was wondering if anyone knew my problem. My cars suspension suddenly feels harder. I can feel quite a few bumps in the road. More than i used to. And it can get pretty noisy and juddery. I have had a look after taking the wheels off and the suspension springs seem fine to me. Any help ?? Thanks.
 
worn suspension bushes man, cheap to replace. only because you said the dampers and springs seem fine


other possibilities and things to check out for are misting of oil from the shocks, they may have lost excessive oil over time and may just be too firm. do a basic bounce test on each side of the car (each wheel) bounce it up and down, the spring and damper will be working correctly if it comes to rest in a bounce or a bounce and a half. any more and you're looking at new shocks
 
I will do a bounce check. Where can I get the bushes from. Anywhere ??
 
blaked93":280zjx0d said:
I will do a bounce check. Where can I get the bushes from. Anywhere ??

your best bet would be to go into your local renault dealership, they wont be too expensive or your local motorfactors. looking at about 10 quid or so per bush :)
 
Phew. Cheers for that. Not as expensive as I was anticipating. Well hopefully not haha. Thanks.
 
no bother blake, be sure to recheck the springs though. make sure they are sitting in their perch on the front strut, run your hand inside of them to check for any cracks or breakages that you wouldn't be able to see with your eyes. even a small crack on the end of the spring can result in a drastic alteration to the suspension! another thing you can do is measure the ride height, tape measure from centre of the wheel (hub) to the arch in a straight line. should be equal all 4 sides give or take a few millimetres, anything more than that in terms of differences between sides will indicate a tired spring. the damper being faulty wouldn't result in the car sitting lower, a broken spring would result in a lower ride height. worn damper will be noticed in the bounce test. when the spring gets compressed down, on the rebound is when the damper works to reduce the oscillation of the spring. if it were to go 2 or 3 bounces, you'd know that the damper was faulty. hopefully you understand that i can only make an educated guess through working with these cars a fair bit, but there is nothing better than getting a local garage to check it out for you even if you want to do the repair yourself
 
What if the a couple of the heights are different. And yeah I will get it checked out properly as soon as I can.
 
blaked93":jy0i1siw said:
What if the a couple of the heights are different. And yeah I will get it checked out properly as soon as I can.

have a re read of what i just said, i just edited a little bit more detail in for you. hope that helps you to distinguish the problem down to a T ! :)
 
I wish I did mechanics at college or something haha. Would be so much easier diagnosing problems haha. Thanks for the help. Will try everything I can for now. Cheers
 
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