crooked??
09-25-2004, 06:43 AM
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Car: 88 iroc vert
crooked??
ok i installed some hotchkis suspension parts on my car and now it sits crooked? about a 1 1/2'' higher on the pass side. i put springs, lca's and panhard bar on. both doughnut things are on top of the springs. where the lca's connect to the body, the bolts are still lose. ill be pulling everything back out anyways. the panhard bar is still lose. and there is no torque arm. what would make it sit so funny?
i first installed everything and tightened it all down, and it sat wierd? i pulled it all out to take the gas tank out and to clean the under side. then when i reinstalled it all, it still sits funny?
WTF!!!???
if anyone can help, thank you!
i first installed everything and tightened it all down, and it sat wierd? i pulled it all out to take the gas tank out and to clean the under side. then when i reinstalled it all, it still sits funny?
WTF!!!???
if anyone can help, thank you!
09-25-2004, 12:14 PM
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Car: 82 Z28
Engine: Al LT1 headed LG4 305
Transmission: TH350
Axle/Gears: 3.73 posi with spacer
Theres a little notch for the end of the spring to sit in the spring cup. It keeps the spring flushly mounted. But those are on the front, and you did rear, so.... You might want to ckeck and see that nothing is binding, or that the spring is sitting right.
09-26-2004, 10:13 PM
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Car: candy blue 85 z28
Engine: 305 tpi LB9
Transmission: 700r4 crazy beefed up one
Axle/Gears: ones with teeth
front and rear has a index spot for the end of the spring. front and rear upper has a spot in the isolator that should be lined up and the frt lower a arm has 2 holes that the end of the spring should be lined up on for index. this way the tension is in the same rate on both sides.
09-26-2004, 10:21 PM
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Car: '88 Iroc, '91 RS, and a '70 RS
Engine: 5.7 TPI; 5.0 TBI; ZZ4/T56 on the ag
Transmission: A4, A4, slated to be a T56
Pics of how to index springs:
Front:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/tarami...&.dnm=6bcf.jpg
Rear (using a 4th gen isolator but you'll get the idea):
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/tarami...&.dnm=aaf1.jpg
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Front:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/tarami...&.dnm=6bcf.jpg
Rear (using a 4th gen isolator but you'll get the idea):
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/tarami...&.dnm=aaf1.jpg
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