Posts Tagged: car struts

How to check the condition of the struts in your car

There’s only one way to test the condition of the struts in your car or truck, and it’s not what you think Ask any shade tree mechanic for the best way to test car struts, and they’ll tell you to bounce up and down the fender to see how many times it rebounds. WRONG. That is the test method for shocks, not struts. If you perform the bounce test for struts, you’ll ALWAYS get a false positive result unless the struts have suffered a CATASTROPHIC failure. The only valid car … Read More