The car has a nasty lean. The driver side is sitting much higher than the passenger side. The entire driver side is about 1.25 inches higher. This became very noticible after i got new spirngs, shocks, struts, uppper and lower control arms and tires. Its almost embarassing to drive it around. I have made sure the springs are lined up correct on both sides and also put in new isolators for the rear springs. This helped out and leveled the car about 1/4 of an inch.
I still have 1.25 inches to go and have checked everything else. I need any help or ideas you guys have so I can bring her back to level.
thanks
< Message edited by Detroit_Muscle -- 5/11/2008 5:41:44 PM >
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91 GT Mac headers, Mac Prochamber, 40 Series, Strange shocks and struts,Ford Springs, HPM Mega Bite uppers and lowers
Yep they all matched up corectly , what i might do is switch the to rear springs and see if i stil have the lean on the passenger side or if it changes whit the spring. That way I will know if its the spring or a bigger issue.
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I have that same problem with my 83 and its stock v6 suspension with a v8 motor. I have a bad strut though. I can wiggle mine around at the top of it and when I push down on it I can here it make a knock type sound. It didn't start the lean until I started driving it. Then I could sit on the front of the car and it would drop a little and then the passenger side would drop a little more. Sometimes the more I think about it I could (I do need to upgrade them too) need some springs.
The car has a nasty lean. The driver side is sitting much higher than the passenger side. The entire driver side is about 1.25 inches higher. This became very noticible after i got new spirngs, shocks, struts, uppper and lower control arms and tires. Its almost embarassing to drive it around. I have made sure the springs are lined up correct on both sides and also put in new isolators for the rear springs. This helped out and leveled the car about 1/4 of an inch.
I still have 1.25 inches to go and have checked everything else. I need any help or ideas you guys have so I can bring her back to level.
thanks
Are your struts adjustable?
Did you have this problem before you switched everything out?
Are your torq boxes in good repair?
< Message edited by highspeed -- 5/11/2008 9:58:22 PM >
i have the same problem with my 87 gt my driver side sits lower than my passenger side.....but i had a blown out rear shock on my driver side so maybe it wore down my spring
Yes the struts are adj. I have adjusted them with no luck. The torq boxs have been checked and are in good shape. The lean was there but you could bearly notice it. I figured changing everything with new parts would fix it, but just made it worse.
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91 GT Mac headers, Mac Prochamber, 40 Series, Strange shocks and struts,Ford Springs, HPM Mega Bite uppers and lowers
I had the same problem with my FRPP B-springs. First batch had a defective rear spring and made that corner about 1" higher than the other side. When summit sent the replacement set and I pulled that spring out it was obviously too tall.
I think your plan of changing sides with the spring sounds reasonable if you already checked them for height before installation. Could be that one is wrapped wrong or something.
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