Shocks & Strut Service

Shock & Strut Service

CHEVROLET SHOCK AND STRUT SERVICE

In today's day and age, car owners understand there is going to be an ongoing expense to properly maintain a vehicle. Such a concept might not be ideal, but it is how cars are designed, to put regular road stresses on replaceable parts instead of allowing more integral pieces to break. Other than the tread of the rubber tires, the shocks are the next aspect of the suspension system your car uses, with extra support coming from the struts.

Unlike another system of your car which can be serviced or adjusted to compensate for wear, shocks and struts have to be replaced. Two aspects of good news are that shocks and struts rarely need replacement, but when they do they are part of a vehicle's routine maintenance plan, meaning it's relatively simple for a trained technician with the proper tools to make the repair efficiently.

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Shocks And Struts Eventually Need Maintenance

Shocks and struts are parts designed to “take a lickin” and keep going, but eventually, the wear and tear they receive require them to be serviced or replaced. Struts traditionally rarely needed replacement other than if damaged by a particular incident, but they might need to be serviced with modern cars which can last over 300,000 miles. Shocks, on the other hand, are expected to be replaced several times throughout the lifetime of a vehicle. Shocks are quality spring steel with high carbon content, supplemented by certain gas or hydraulic systems in order to be durable against the stresses they receive, but eventually, everything has a breaking point.

What May Happen If Your Shocks And Struts Fail

When shocks and struts fail, they can do so in one of two ways. The first way is they simply fall apart and no longer offer support and shock absorption against regular road obstacles, such as a manhole cover, drain grill, or pothole in the road. In such cases, the vibrations of such road debris won't be absorbed, you'll feel it in the vehicle's cabin. The other situation is when the shocks lock into a fully extended position. The results are the same, the road shock won't be absorbed so you'll bounce around in the cabin like it was a horse-drawn carriage, except exaggerated to highway speeds.

Repairs & Service from Feldman Chevrolet Of Highland

Shocks and struts aren't interchangeable between makes and models of cars, which is why you need an authorized dealer such as Feldman Chevrolet of Highland to makes such repairs in the Highland, Brighton, Waterford, and Milford areas of Michigan. You'll find our technicians to be professional and courteous, ready to take care of your maintenance and repair needs.