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From: dennis@vrdxhq.UUCP (R. Dennis Gibbs)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Strange Suspension Problem, Need Advice
Message-ID: <1983@vrdxhq.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 31-Aug-85 09:44:25 EDT
Article-I.D.: vrdxhq.1983
Posted: Sat Aug 31 09:44:25 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 2-Sep-85 04:25:24 EDT
References: <234@cylixd.UUCP>
Organization: Verdix Corporation, McLean, VA
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Summary: Problem could be in your tires

In article <234@cylixd.UUCP>, dave@cylixd.UUCP (Dave Kirby) writes:
> I have a 1975 Buick Electra 225 that has developed a strange and
> annoying problem: it tends to shake from side to side when I drive
> it on any marginally bumpy road. The least little bump the car runs
> over causes a sideways oscillation to commence; several bumps spaced
> at random over a road cause the oscillations to build and re-inforce
> each other.
> ...
> Dave Kirby			"There is no great genius without

Perhaps the problem is that your tires do not have stiff enough sidewalls to
control the side to side motion. Try this:  When the car is parked on a level
parking lot, push on the side of the car, near the rear or front wheels, and
try to push at right angles to the direction the car is facing.  As the car
begins to shake, take a look at the tires; if the sidewalls are flexing a great
deal, then tires with stiffer sidewalls might help the problem. I have seen
this happen with large, heavy cars such as yours, and often new tires cure it.