Posts Tagged: car struts

Test car struts

December 19, 2016

There’s only one way to test car struts and it’s not what you think Ask shade tree mechanic for the best way to test car struts and they’ll burst into a detailed description of the bounce test for struts. WRONG. The bounce test applies to shocks, not struts. In fact, if you use the bounce test for struts, you’ll ALWAYS get a false positive result unless the struts have suffered a CATASTROPHIC failure. The bounce test hasn’t been a valid test for vehicle for almost 25 years! Why the bounce … Read More