I'd suspect a bad spring before a bad shock. The spring supports the vehicle. The shock just slows the oscillation rate of the spring.
I'd look for bad control arm bushings as well.
I'd look for bad control arm bushings as well.
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I'd suspect a bad spring before a bad shock. The spring supports the vehicle. The shock just slows the oscillation rate of the spring.
I'd look for bad control arm bushings as well.
Clever...if weird, isn't that standard Chrysler engineering/design principles?SOME GM vehicle are notorious for broken leaf springs.
'67--82 Camaro/Firebird, and '68--'79 NOVA (Nova, Omega, Ventura, Apollo) for example. (Same spring design on those vehicles.) You see one of them, it either has broken leaf springs, or the broken leaf springs have already been replaced. Failure rate is about 100%.
'77 Nova (Concours) leaf spring
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But I don't know that that's the case with the pickups. They actually seem fairly reliable. 'Course, anything can happen, and there's no reason leaf springs can't break even if it isn't common for that application.
Be aware that some older Chrysler leaf springs always look "sagged", because the Chrysler engineers intend the spring to be fairly "flat" (not "smiling") in use, and bounce into a reverse-curve (frown) on bumps. It's a mild form of steering the rear axle using the spring deflection. Clever...if weird.
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