<VV> Need advice on 65 Corsa convertible shimmy

jimster1 jimster1 at earthlink.net
Mon Mar 23 20:51:34 EDT 2009


My shocks are new Koni's all around.  Once the car gets past 35, it's outta
the danger zone.  It feels solid as a rock at 100.
Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris & Bill Strickland [mailto:lechevrier at earthlink.net] 
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 4:03 PM
To: jimster1 at earthlink.net
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Subject: Re: <VV> Need advice on 65 Corsa convertible shimmy

jimster1 wrote:

>My cocktail shakers are in place.  I got new tires a while ago and the
>problem seemed to go away, but a couple of months later S.O.S..  With mine,
>it's way more than a shimmy, it shakes the whole car and the front fenders
>seem to bobble up and down.  
>

Thanks, Jim --

Interesting.

Do your current front shocks pass the bounce the fender & get one 
rebound test?  What happens at 62 mph?

Gee, I'd like to have an on-the-car spin balancer ...

Bill



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