Thank you. This is the part I believed you did realize, and keep
blowing off: "The strut
also is a major suspension component."
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Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
> When the struts fail, the affect is identical to the failure of a shock. The
> resulting tire wear looks a certain way, and it looks the same way - for all
> practical purposes - regardless of whether the car is fitted with shocks or
> struts.
>
> You are talking about the tires falling off the car, I am talking about the
> tires bouncing. Bouncing happens with shocks or struts. Falling off never
> happens.
>
> The question was, (paraphrasing here) "Why are my tires worn out and the
> struts are to blame?" I answered that question, and included the reference
> to shocks because for some strange reason some people grasp the job of a
> shock but fail to grasp the idea that a strut does the same thing. The strut
> also is a major suspension component, but the quality of a strut that
> affects tire wear is the quality that it shares with a shock, and the
> suspension component HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.
>
> Thanks again, Captain Beside the Point.