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- From: mchaffee@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Real Life?!?! HA!!)
- Subject: Re: Civic drifts
- References: <92349.165500QXF1@psuvm.psu.edu> <1992Dec15.140719.9719@mcnc.org>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 05:02:12 GMT
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- Have you had the shocks replaced recently? When Mom had the shocks replaced in
- her '85 Olds (MacPherson strut; I think the Civic is too), the idiots at Sears
- (WARNING: NEVER, EVER have Sears work on your car. Trust me. They're crooks
- and/or idiots.) roached the bearing at the top of the shock tower. The result:
- When driving along, even with the wheels aligned properly, the car would pull
- to whichever side it had last been turned sharply (i.e. parallel parking, U-
- turns) because the bearings on the shocks were dragging. If you've had the
- shocks replaced recently, you might bug the folks at the shop about it; Sears
- refused to fix the bearings on Mom's car, claiming the pulling would go away in
- short order. It took 12,000 miles.
-
- Good luck!
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