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- From: james@koko.csustan.edu (Jonas Grumpy)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Strange Behavior
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.023134.10851@koko.csustan.edu>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 02:31:34 GMT
- References: <smclane-211292143628@260-3l-mac7a.wdl.loral.com>
- Organization: CSU Stanislaus
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- In article <smclane-211292143628@260-3l-mac7a.wdl.loral.com> smclane@wdl1.wdl.loral.com (Sterling McLane) writes:
- >Today I witnessed something strange I was wondering if anyone might have a
- >clue as to what caused it. I was behind an early '80s Capri (Mustang
- >based) and when it started away from the stopsign, the rear end seemed to
- >wiggle a bit and shift about 4 inches to the left. Edge of left rear tire
- >was beyond bodywork, right rear tire moved toward center of car. The body
- >of the car seemed to be going down the road straight - not dog-tracking.
- >When the car got up to speed and stopped accelerating, rear end moved back
- >over to where it was centered relative to the body. Clearly something was
- >wrong. Anyone out there have any idea what it could be?
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- Its called Active Suspension ala FORD!!! In other words the dang
- bushings for the diagonal upper control arms probably fell apart.
- Its really a quite useless feature, but since its standard equipment
- most people dont complain too much.
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