rough riding c2, help
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Get it looked at by somebody that knows their way around these cars before throwing a bunch of money at non sequiturs. Might be as simple a shocks or as extensive as rear spring. Hard to tell. I do know that if somebody has "Harry Hotrodded" your suspension and its too stiff the effects may start showing up on the body in ugly ways...
If you add your location to your forum profile there might be a forum member nearby that will take a look-see.
As for squeaks/rattles - some are solvable; others not so much. Chased an annoying idle rattle in my '61 for 6 months and it was nothing but a loose splash shield...
If you add your location to your forum profile there might be a forum member nearby that will take a look-see.
As for squeaks/rattles - some are solvable; others not so much. Chased an annoying idle rattle in my '61 for 6 months and it was nothing but a loose splash shield...
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Tom - the OP might already know the pressure is good and dismissed the comments we made but it would be nice to have some feedback and eliminate such an 'easy to check' item.
Mike T - Prescott AZ
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tire pressure
sorry for the delay, took a few lbs out of the tires, didn't make much difference, on the springs, I got under and ran my fingers over each one, so its 7,
took her around the oceanfront drive in town, which is real choppy and it just feels like riding a hardtail bike, I just dont want to put stress on some of the vunerable areas of the fiberglass, I did locate a local guy whose doing a frame off on a 68 at the pub, so Ican get a second opinion,
I just adore the car so thowing a few $ at it is no problem,
actually the car is a piece of equipment in one of our businesses, so it sort of has its own corporate healthcare plan
I REALLY appreciate all the help, keep the ideas coming,
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oops
sorry for the delay, took a few lbs out of the tires, didn't make much difference, on the springs, I got under and ran my fingers over each one, so its 7,
took her around the oceanfront drive in town, which is real choppy and it just feels like riding a hardtail bike, I just dont want to put stress on some of the vunerable areas of the fiberglass, I did locate a local guy whose doing a frame off on a 68 at the pub, so Ican get a second opinion,
I just adore the car so thowing a few $ at it is no problem,
actually the car is a piece of equipment in one of our businesses, so it sort of has its own corporate healthcare plan
I REALLY appreciate all the help, keep the ideas coming,
took her around the oceanfront drive in town, which is real choppy and it just feels like riding a hardtail bike, I just dont want to put stress on some of the vunerable areas of the fiberglass, I did locate a local guy whose doing a frame off on a 68 at the pub, so Ican get a second opinion,
I just adore the car so thowing a few $ at it is no problem,
actually the car is a piece of equipment in one of our businesses, so it sort of has its own corporate healthcare plan
I REALLY appreciate all the help, keep the ideas coming,
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But who knows, that car could have JC Whitney springs on it for all anyone knows. That's why I (and others) suggested you take the car to someone with knowledge of what he is looking at. Kinda' tough to do looking through a PC monitor.
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I agree
F 41 springs may have a thicker wire diameter. If you have calipers, measure the coil diameter and post it here. I'm sure someone knows. Either that or look for a paper tag on the spring with a two letter spring code.
But who knows, that car could have JC Whitney springs on it for all anyone knows. That's why I (and others) suggested you take the car to someone with knowledge of what he is looking at. Kinda' tough to do looking through a PC monitor.
But who knows, that car could have JC Whitney springs on it for all anyone knows. That's why I (and others) suggested you take the car to someone with knowledge of what he is looking at. Kinda' tough to do looking through a PC monitor.
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Soft valving means bounce in a cheap shock. Two way adjustable's you can soften the force and stiffen the rebound like modern cars to control bounce. The Koni's only allow the rebound to be adjusted. QA has both types. I know I'm making this into rocket science but.....I'm just say-in.
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Well - there is always a chance that someone has replaced the springs over the years and maybe with a non-GM spring. But, it does appear you probably have an F41 suspension under the car or something similar, so it's not going to ride exactly smoothly over less than perfect roads without doing some work on it.
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doing 9 leaf and new shocks
Well - there is always a chance that someone has replaced the springs over the years and maybe with a non-GM spring. But, it does appear you probably have an F41 suspension under the car or something similar, so it's not going to ride exactly smoothly over less than perfect roads without doing some work on it.
I read on an old post that there is some variance to the quality of leaf springs from some suppliers, does anyone have any opinions or experience????
shocks to use?(I know that will open a floodgate of opinions)
thanks again,
see my post on BOOBIES its wacky
