houkster
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- 1997 mercury mountaineer
New guy on the forum. Did a search on 5th shocks and basically it was felt the 5th shock (transverse) was useless or at best put there to dampen vibration thru the chassis. My problem with a just purchased 97' mountaineer was that even though the suspension felt strong and stiff, the vehicle would dive sharply into virtually non-existent dips in the road (side to side). A new Haynes manual awoke me to the fact that there was that 5th shock which gave me hope of solving the dipsy-doodle stuff. I ordered the shock (thank goodness) and then searched this forum. Guys were saying they just took the shock off and threw it away! I went ahead and had it installed and had actually forgotten in those 2 days that I had bought it to help the side- to - side tilting since the forum convinced me I had wasted my $. The opposite was the case. My Mountaineer actually goes down the road now barely noticing imperfections in the road surface!!!! There is definitely a reason for that shock and it's not vibration.
p.s. I had already put on new shocks and tires.
p.s. I had already put on new shocks and tires.