1996 Jeep Cherokee Bouncing like a basketball

1996 JEEP CHEROKEE
130,000 MILES • 6 CYL • 4WD • AUTOMATIC
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MBLALOCK
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When driving this vehicle and you hit a bump in the road it feels as if the tire is bouncing violently.I am not sure if it is a bounce or shake but it scares the heck out of my wife. You have to be doing over 45 miles per hour and to get it to stop you will have to brake and slow to about 30 mph. I do have a need to rebuild the front end and plan on doing so but my concern is buying parts and having this problem damage them. I would like to start with this problem first. could it be the struts?
Thank you, Mark
Jul 15, 2008 at 4:40 PM
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MHPAUTOS
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Hi there,

I would be concentrating the struts / shockers these are the components that dampen out the re-bound which is your problem i feel.

Mark (mhpautos)
Jul 15, 2008 at 5:51 PM
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