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96 Legacy leaning in turns

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My 96 legacy sedan seems to handle less well than in the past. Of course, I have never changed the struts, but the only worry is on steep turns the body tends to lean more than I have ever noticed before. The front and rear sway bars are still attached and present, though noticeably corroded.

 

Wondering if it is more likely to be struts or swaybars?? There is no bounce over bumps, etc, which is why I don't suspect struts, even though they are 13 years old and have 150000 miles on them.

 

Matt

My 96 legacy sedan seems to handle less well than in the past. Of course, I have never changed the struts, but the only worry is on steep turns the body tends to lean more than I have ever noticed before. The front and rear sway bars are still attached and present, though noticeably corroded.

 

Wondering if it is more likely to be struts or swaybars?? There is no bounce over bumps, etc, which is why I don't suspect struts, even though they are 13 years old and have 150000 miles on them.

 

Matt

 

i hear this is caused by napa re-man axles. :lol::banana::banana::banana:

 

sorry, i couldn't resist.

Struts. They're old. I mean, of course the sway-bar joints are shot too, but they're not going to cause the same kind of sway that old struts will.

uh.. its definitely the struts.

 

i noticed a few weeks ago that advance auto recommends changing struts every 50k..

i feel like thats really soon.... but at 150k its definitely the struts..

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