Re: Bouncing Travelall

[Daniel Youngquist <dany@domain.elided>]

On Thu, 26 Feb 1998, Littlejohn, Rich wrote:

> I just bought a '72 T-all w/all the towing goodies.  It's in great
> shape, overall, but the front end has this tendency to start bouncing
> and KEEP bouncing on the freeway. 
> 
> It's so new to me that I haven't even had a chance to look at the
> front end.  I'm used to working on my Scout, is there anything about
> the t-all that I should know? 
> 
> I guess my main question is, if I just put in new shocks, will that
> just cover up a deeper suspension problem? 

There may or may not be other suspension problems, but the bouncing is
just from the shocks having departed for that great wrecking yard in the
sky many, many moons ago. :)

Daniel Youngquist / dany@domain.elided / 541-688-9263 // VISA & MasterCard
*HOMESTEAD PRODUCTS                    http://www.teleport.com/~dany/mill
 Grain mills, water filters, quality simple-lifestyle & outdoors products
*INTERNET MEMORY EXCHANGE  Computer Memory  http://www.teleport.com/~dany
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
"'Necessity' is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.  It is
 the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves." -William Pitt, 1783