I just found this forum and I'm hoping someone will be able to help me out.

I bought a '92 Accord LX and the problem is that when I hit any sort of bump in the road, the rear end "jumps" to one side. With winter coming on fast, this is not good on slick roads. It's not a bouncy, bad shock/spring feel, the rear end just shifts hard to one side.

Knowing little to nothing about Honda suspensions, I ask, what in the world could be causing this? The "jumping" seems to be mostly on the passenger side and that's the way it seems to go when hitting any bumps.

Thanks in advance for any/all tips.

 

Check all the rubber suspension bushes? Is this when travelling in a straight line, cornering, both?

 

It doesn't matter if I'm going straight or not. Any sort of noticable "bump" and the rear end "hops". I also noticed today a strange "thump" for lack of a better word coming from the passenger side rear. Me thinks something is broken back there [:@]

 

Do a google search for
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and click on the resulting video link.

If your car behaves anything like that, you likely have a worn rear strut.