texasoil

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Posts: 57
Joined: Sun Oct 06, 2002 2:42 am
Car: rock climbing

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howdy tex,this is andy i've got the 91 q45a(75,000 miles) i dont belive theres been any active suspention work done and i know i mentioned that its ridding rough.i'm putting the $ aside now to get the actuators from you;is there anythiing i can do in the mean time to either improve the ride or you had mentioned you could email me with some thing to look for and check.in looking at the manual there is a section about bleeding air off the actuators.would this be of any benifit? thanks andy


texasoil
Posts: 875
Joined: Mon Sep 02, 2002 3:18 pm
Car: '92 Infiniti Q45A
'94 Infiniti Q45A
'94 Mercedes-Benz SL600

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there is a real simple test to see if the strut accumulators are low/flat. With the car running, bounce hard on each corner to see how much smooth and damped suspension travel is left. "New" is 5" or so. Flat is none --only rubber bushing and tire flex


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