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Old 08-29-2008, 06:11 AM   #1
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Hey fellas, I'm having a problem with my car shaking when it hits about 35 mph and I'm turning to the right just a bit and it gets worse as I speed up. But it goes away when i turn to the left. So I went and removed the front tires and jacked it up and found a scratch on the right spring. The left one was fine . I was told that if you bought the front supension components that each side was different. So I'm thinking they screwed up and bought two of the same side. Could ya'll offer me some advice. Appreciate it in advace.
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The L/R springs are the same. Problem could be one spring is upside or not seated properly.
I found it best to remove the upper strut mount and install the spring and strut as a whole.

When I didn't remove the upper strut mount I found the spring moving out of place when tightening the strut nut.
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Thanks for the advice. I'll have to make some time this week to check it out again.
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make sure you don't go driving around any further until its fixed. I was driving my dad's 5 series tonight, and the wheel flew off when i drove through an intersection. My gut feeling told me that something was wrong when i left the neighborhood.
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