# Suspension puzzle

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/suspension-puzzle/143658>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [July 5, 2019, 12:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/suspension-puzzle/143658 "2019-07-05T00:00:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/suspension-puzzle/143658/21 "2019-07-09T17:07:02Z")

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Shocks vary in their compression and rebound resistance. Big 4 door Fords, Mercurys and Lincolns often had ZERO compression/100% rebound shocks to soften the ride and replacements shocks ranged from ZERO/100 to 50/50. If there were any offered with greater resistance on compression I never ran across them and as a rule installed 50/50s on everything which resulted in a firmer ride which everyone seemed to like. Usually the better shocks available were 50/50 and the 100% rebounds were the bargain shocks except from the Ford dealer.

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**Author:** ![mperry\_153483](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@mperry\_153483](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mperry_153483)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 8:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/suspension-puzzle/143658/22 "2019-07-10T08:03:45Z")

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> [@tcmichnorth](#):
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> Replacing all four joints and shocks this week.

Congratulations on finding the cause… and thank you for posting it up.

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