My 83' wagon has 209,000 miles. It's real bouncy in the front. I replaced the struts just more than a year ago, but it is still bouncy. Should I replace the springs too, and where would I get new ones. I checked with Autozone and Pep boys with no luck.

 

thanks for the help.

Ya they could be worn out after 200k miles! LOL

 

Find some springs off a car thats only 50k-100k miles on the body. They wont be like new but they should be better than the ones you got! Might even get lucky and find someone who replaced them once before.

i got a set off a 2wd 83 wagon 130k, need to get rid of them. if you can figure out a shipping rate they are yours. email me if interested milesfox@yahoo.com

i got a set off a 2wd 83 wagon 130k, need to get rid of them. if you can figure out a shipping rate they are yours. email me if interested milesfox@yahoo.com

They should fit in a box and still be within the size limits of UPS or USPS. Don't think youd have to ship them as an 'oversized' package or anything.

 

Del Gue: hit up UPS or USPS websites and you can do an estimate right on their site.

being coils they will pack in together, within eachother, and take up the space of one coil. i'll ask the post office today. if the money order is from the post office, postage can be paid when its cashed, one transaction. i'll see what the rates are.

 

a timing belt cover cost me 5 bucks to send out, i dont know if it goes by weight or the size of the box.

 

a timing belt cover cost me 5 bucks to send out, i dont know if it goes by weight or the size of the box.

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i got a set off a 2wd 83 wagon 130k, need to get rid of them. if you can figure out a shipping rate they are yours. email me if interested milesfox@yahoo.com

 

 

Miles...hold off awhile...I will look to the salvage yards here first. I was hoping someone would know of a specialty shop to buy brand new ones.

 

thanks for everyone's help on this

Just another thought. I would think that a bouncy front end is more a sign of weak shocks than springs.

^ what he said. Bounce has nothing to do with the springs - actually it does - it means they are good. That's what springs do BTW - they bounce.

 

GD

I replaced the struts just more than a year ago, but it is still bouncy.

:-\

Just because the struts are new does not mean they can't be messed up.

 

How high is it sitting? Is the front end saging? My bet is the springs are good.

 

My .02

Glenn

82 SubaruHummer, still has original struts.

01 Forester, of course it still has original struts.

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