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Rear end bottoms-out, Is that normal?

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Mike98GT

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I was born and raised a Chevy fanatic, So I have driven many Corvettes and Camaros. But I was drawn to the Mustangs, so I went against the grain and bought a '98 GT. I absolutly love it, but there is just one thing that is really strang to me. The rear of the car seems to bottom-out easily. It's almost like I have a big bag of cement in the trunk, and if I hit a slight change in road elevation at speeds over 40 the front-end handles nicely and the rear taps the bump stops. Is this a product of the 4-link rear? or are my shocks blown-out? It has only 29K on it. How can I fix this? Has any one else had this problem? The rear is not consistant with the front.
 
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Ron Jeremy

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I never heard about this before. Maybe the previous owner of your car lowered the rear end or something. Are you the original owner or the second owner of your Mustang? I don't know what could be causing this other than from the car being lowered at one point in time.
 

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yeah if it's lowered and the pinion snubber wasn't cut or replaced with a shorter one, and most people usually don't do this, then that could be the culprit.
 

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there's a rubber block that you can either replace or add that goes up on the under body of the car above the diff housing. this could be worn out or missing and the houseing hitting the frame could be the problem. lift up the rear end and look up under there for a rubber block slightly larger than a golf ball to be bolted up to stop the diff housing.
 

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It's not lowered, and the bump stops are there. I'm not saying the rear doesnt work, just that it is not consistant with the front (like a camaro is)
I think some KYB's will do the trick.
thanks for the info.
 
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