Re: Long term storage-Myths??

Posted by Ross On 2016/12/11 6:56:07

My theory, based on observing hundreds of customer cars and my own little fleet, is that cars operated with weak shocks or over very rough roads sag. These cars are much more likely to have the springs compressed to their upper limit of travel and further, when the shocks are weak the number of oscillations into highly stressed compression is greatly increased. Then you really get the effects of metal fatigue.

I am a bit anal about keeping good shocks on my cars and have not experienced spring sag on any of them, some over 20 to 40 year periods, always on their wheels.