Mike Hunt
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Hi,
I have 170K on my 2004 Suburban and I had new shocks installed about a year ago and now they are only for show, no function. I realized my rear coil springs are not good when I noticed my suspension sucks 6 months after I had shocks installed. I didn’t even know my Chevy had torsion bars until I actually looked at what the heck was maintaining my ride hight in the front, despite personally replacing the shocks myself previously.
Im sure I need to replace my torsion bars, but it would be nice to have input.
I understand that some people get used torsion bars, or from a junk yard, but if my bars are bad I think it would be hard to find good used if it has been 20years since being manufactured… is my cautious assumption.
*i was a die hard honda owner for 20 years, mostly because it was all I could afford. Never a new car. I only own used cars 10+ years old. I found transitioning from Honda civic, accord and acura sedans to Chevrolet Suburban is quite a big one. None of my honda repair strategies work on this big lovely vehicle, which is to say cheap stuff doesn’t work on a massive chevy Suburban and I only made that mistake twice. lol
I have 170K on my 2004 Suburban and I had new shocks installed about a year ago and now they are only for show, no function. I realized my rear coil springs are not good when I noticed my suspension sucks 6 months after I had shocks installed. I didn’t even know my Chevy had torsion bars until I actually looked at what the heck was maintaining my ride hight in the front, despite personally replacing the shocks myself previously.
Im sure I need to replace my torsion bars, but it would be nice to have input.
I understand that some people get used torsion bars, or from a junk yard, but if my bars are bad I think it would be hard to find good used if it has been 20years since being manufactured… is my cautious assumption.
*i was a die hard honda owner for 20 years, mostly because it was all I could afford. Never a new car. I only own used cars 10+ years old. I found transitioning from Honda civic, accord and acura sedans to Chevrolet Suburban is quite a big one. None of my honda repair strategies work on this big lovely vehicle, which is to say cheap stuff doesn’t work on a massive chevy Suburban and I only made that mistake twice. lol
