my car is tilted to the left!!!
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Car: 1987 camaro Z28
Engine: 350
Transmission: manual
Axle/Gears: 3.42
my car is tilted to the left!!!
hi everyone ...is that something comon i saw anouther one that was the same ...its like a 3oo pound man driving...my front left stands like half inch lower than the right side ...and when u look at the car from the back it looks very crooked...is that something comon for the front left spring to get sag?! i have new struts and new rear moog springs
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Re: my car is tilted to the left!!!
could be a broken spring, not uncommon
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Car: 91 Firebird,00 c2500,75 Vette
Engine: 3.1 but 350 soon, 350, 350
Transmission: T56 soon
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Re: my car is tilted to the left!!!
This is not set in stone but measure ground to fender lip on both sides of the front. Make note of the difference. Measure both sides at the rear and make note of the diffeence. I would measure from ground to center of fender lip.
If the front is bigger than the back then I would look first at the front left coil spring. If the back is bigger then look at the back left coil spring.
One will be a little more than the other because as the front corner drops the back corner drops some due to weighting so the opposite corner does not rise as much.
This only tells you the weakest corner and both low corners may be weak.
If the front is bigger than the back then I would look first at the front left coil spring. If the back is bigger then look at the back left coil spring.
One will be a little more than the other because as the front corner drops the back corner drops some due to weighting so the opposite corner does not rise as much.
This only tells you the weakest corner and both low corners may be weak.
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Car: 1987 camaro Z28
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Re: my car is tilted to the left!!!
left front side is 1/2 inch down compared to the right front side ...rear has new moog 5665 coil springs and desent junkiard shocks from 4th gen whit full tank bouth sides to the fender lip are 29 inches ,front has new oe struts from rock auto....i think i will just buy new 5662 moog from rock auto they are around 70 $ whit the shiping...dont make sense all the work to just swap them left to right...i kind a feel the car tilting a lot on a right turn...the spring is defenotly very weak
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Re: my car is tilted to the left!!!
I would guess that the back is off some but obviously much more in the front. I would therefore start with the front coil springs.
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Re: my car is tilted to the left!!!
just ordered 5662 moog for the front...will let u guys know the result...in a week
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