morcus
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| posted on 20/12/09 at 10:43 PM |
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cold weather and ride quality.
I've just been out in the car after its been sat for 14 hours and the ride felt really hard on the back nearside corner, I went to pick my
brother up about 3 miles away and on the way back it was less noticeable. I can't see anything wrong with the wheel or the tyre so I was
thinking could it just be the cold? the other nearside wheel was next to a bush whilst parked so it could make sense for it to be just the one wheel.
Any thoughts on this?
If it is the cold, is there a way to do something about it for future reference?
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marcjagman
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| posted on 20/12/09 at 10:47 PM |
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The only thing I can think of is if you have oil filled shocks on and the oil has gone a bit thick with the cold, or maybe a bush has gone hard with
cold. It would have to be damned cold though.
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morcus
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| posted on 20/12/09 at 11:05 PM |
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It was minus 5 and I've got a Fiat Panda on an '09. It deffinitalty felt like it was just that one corner.
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tegwin
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| posted on 20/12/09 at 11:21 PM |
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Is it possible that moisture has leaked into the strut and frozen? That would clog up the works!
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iank
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| posted on 21/12/09 at 09:50 AM |
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Not something stupid like the wheel arch being full of ice (re-frozen slush). That would be like a big bump stop after an inch or so's worth of
travel.
Seen a couple of cars like that up here.
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jimgiblett
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| posted on 21/12/09 at 11:47 AM |
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I read the topic heading and thought to myself that there are some tough guys out there in their sevens today complaining about hard ride in the
snow.
[Edited on 21/12/09 by jimgiblett]
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morcus
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| posted on 21/12/09 at 08:51 PM |
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I didn't have the same problem today so it was probably nothing. It definitly wasn't large amounts of snow or ice in the well and I
removed all that I could before setting off (Its amazing how many people think its safe to drive with huge amounts of snow on their cars).
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