Harsh Ride in a 1.4

[Bill]

My bravo 1.4, is a well harsh ride when driving slowly through towns and country lanes, i'm swerving all the time just to afford bumps lol. any reason why the ride might be so bumpy???

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[Tom]

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What wheel size and when were the shocks last done?

 

[Bill]

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standard wheels 14"

 

[Tom]

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and...

 

[Anonymous]

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how often do the shocks need doing on the bravas, as far as i know mine has never been done, its a 1997 td100

 

[Tom]

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Every 30-40k, depends how many bumps you drive over

They go crappy long before they start leaking.

 

[Babar Malik]

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Mines done 70K on the original shocks and is terrible as well.

 

[Anonymous]

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wots defined as being crappy, wot are big signs of them going wrong?

 

[Ian]

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When you go around a corner it feels like that your losing traction and your car is sliding - but actually your car is just juddering that bad.

 

[Tom]

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Also when you turn in and the car wallows.