Bullet Bitten!!

[evoboy69]

Yesterday my S2 let me down for the first time. Diagnosed by the Recovery driver, my S2 is in the Garage waiting for a new Starter motor fitted in the morning.

Today I decided that whilst it's in the Garage maybe I should get the thing I've been toying with sorted"¦ A few phone calls later I'd done it! New front and rear shocks on order and soon to be fitted"¦ I can't wait!!

I really considered going down the KW3 route but by the time I got the whole job priced, I just couldn't justify the outlay. I'm just hoping that replacing with original Sachs shocks will bring a marked improvement.

 

[Mike_Pollock]

Oh it will!!!!!

Mike

 

[pauljmcnulty]

New shocks and a proper alignment should transform the car. Good luck!

 

[zcacogp]

ORIGINAL: pauljmcnulty
New shocks and a proper alignment should transform the car. Good luck!

This guy is (again) right.

It will transform it, particularly if the car is currently on original kit which hasn't been aligned for decades. 'Night and day' won't cover it ...


Oli.

 

[chrisg]

As a thought, whilst you've got the suspension apart, it's probably worth a check and possible replacement of the rubber bushes for the ARB's both front and rear. In particular the rear drop links and the front ARB bushes that hold the ARB into the Track control arm.

As with anything made of rubber they wear and degrade (particularly when exposed to oil/ power steering fluid...) and make the response a little sloppy.

Have you considered changing or upgrading the castor mounts = that holds the track control arm on to body at the rear ?

Again this is another element that can fade.

Good luck with suspension refresh though !

 

[evoboy69]

ORIGINAL: chrisg

As a thought, whilst you've got the suspension apart, it's probably worth a check and possible replacement of the rubber bushes for the ARB's both front and rear. In particular the rear drop links and the front ARB bushes that hold the ARB into the Track control arm.

As with anything made of rubber they wear and degrade (particularly when exposed to oil/ power steering fluid...) and make the response a little sloppy.

Have you considered changing or upgrading the castor mounts = that holds the track control arm on to body at the rear ?

Again this is another element that can fade.

Good luck with suspension refresh though !

Ideally I would get all the bushes changed and the castor mounts fitted but I'm getting a mate to slot the car into his busy workshop. I will just be happy to get the dampers fitted at this stage. Next stop is to find somewhere to fit the necessary bushes and castor mounts and get the Alignment/Geometry spot on.

Does anyone know of anywhere local 'ish to me that can set up the Geometry on a 944?I'm (South/Hants)