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Mail From: Jim Heaton <(email redacted)>

I've gotten such valuable and knowledgable information here in the
past I'm going to post another question.

My '91 Tracer LTS has 50K miles. I drive it dialy on a moderately
bumpy dirt road. Just tha last few days it seems that when my right
front tire hits a bump much more vibration is transmitted throughout
the vehicle. Driveability is fine except tracking around bumpy corners
is poor.

My amateur diagnosis is that I've blown a seal on the front passenger
strut. How can I verify this (the "bounce" test I used on my shock
equipped vehicles). If the struts do need replacement should I change
just the front 2 or all 4?

I'd love to slowly upgrade the vehicle to a bit better than factory
performance. Adding COMP T/A's added a huge performance differential
in terms of acceleration (hook up and radial). If I'm replacing
struts can I just do the cartridges? It there something that will be
better than the factory units without giving me a harsh ride?

Thanks for any ideas.
-Jim

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