View Single Post
  #3  
Old 03-02-2008, 12:16 PM
stevebfl stevebfl is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Gainesville FL
Posts: 6,844
I'm guessing that what you see is normal. Most suspension links are designed for a certain rigidity in the tention compression state, but are mounted in rubber to deminish road vibration. They have no stress component in the rotational sense so they are not firm in that sense. Many links can be rotated ten degrees or so by hand. What is important is that they remain rigid to original characteristic in the longitudinal sense. The best way to tell is to look for cracks during such rotation.
__________________
Steve Brotherton
Continental Imports
Gainesville FL
Bosch Master, ASE Master, L1
33 years MB technician
Reply With Quote