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flatlander745

Post subject: Rear coil spring weird!

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:40 pm

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Location: Poconos, PA
Year and Trim: 2000 Bonneville SSEi

Hey guys, I jacked up the rear end to pull the wheels and check things out to find this on the RR.

The drivers side is nice and straight and seated at the top..what gives??
I can see both shocks leaking pretty bad and the are coming out for replacement; the RR side is tight at the upper mount.

Thanks!

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flatlander745

Post subject: Re: Rear coil spring weird!

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 11:26 pm

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Location: Poconos, PA
Year and Trim: 2000 Bonneville SSEi

Any ideas? Spring seems to be intact, can't find any cracks or breaks and suspension hang is equal on both sides.
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Jrs3800

Post subject: Re: Rear coil spring weird!

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 2:40 pm

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Location: Space Coast, or at least it used to be
Year and Trim: 03 SLE, 95 SE, 95 TS SE

No ideas at all, thats strange....

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Ken_W

Post subject: Re: Rear coil spring weird!

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 9:32 pm

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Joined: Sat Aug 14, 2010 9:54 pm
Posts: 634
Location: Lake Orion, MI
Year and Trim: 2000 SSEi

Somebody might have taken it out at some point, and then did not put it back in the same position it was originally in. (Proper procedure; mark the front with sharpie marker before removal, make sure that mark is in front when you put it back.)

Rotational position DOES matter with these things, according to the suspension designers.

Ken_W

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flatlander745

Post subject: Re: Rear coil spring weird!

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 1:53 pm

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Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2010 8:11 pm
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Location: Poconos, PA
Year and Trim: 2000 Bonneville SSEi

I checked it out and the end of the lower pigtail on this side is positioned to the rear of the car and the drivers side is positioned to the front, 180 opposite. I will be rotating the passenger side to see if that straightens it out.

Thanks!

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