Suspension dropped

[mrcabbage]

Got the car out of the garage and the front right has clearly dropped a few inches. Front left still looks right. Read my bible today and this isn't really covered in fault-finding. Where do I start? Think I have standard set-up except for Gaz Golds.

[scotty_d]

Damper failure? Do you have any oil on the ground around that side?

[peaktorque]

Springs..........

Either the corner of suspision or opposite rear. Unless your chassis has decided to become a banana then there really is nowhere else to look.

[haircutmike]

Or it's an early GG and the top mount has given up.

Don't drive, jack up that corner, remove wheel and check.

If in doubt, post a close up pic of the top and bottom mount.

[Green Fly]

mrcabbage said:

Got the car out of the garage and the front right has clearly dropped a few inches. Front left still looks right. Read my bible today and this isn't really covered in fault-finding. Where do I start? Think I have standard set-up except for Gaz Golds.

YHM

[Simon says]

scotty_d said:

Damper failure? Do you have any oil on the ground around that side?

Damping/shock absorber bears no relation to ride height i was thinking more failed mounting or the spring collars/adjuster rings have wound themselves down the damper body

[haircutmike]

It can only be,

Spring failure
Mount. "
Flat tyre .

[Bassfiend]

Simon says said:

scotty_d said:

Damper failure? Do you have any oil on the ground around that side?

Damping/shock absorber bears no relation to ride height

+1 - has to be either the spring, the spring top or bottom plates or the shock mount itself ...

Dampers definitely don't affect ride height.

Phil

[scotty_d]

Your right that was a daft thing from me i posted up, please disregard.

[Bassfiend]

scotty_d said:

Your right that was a daft thing from me i posted up, please disregard.

LOL - Hey, I've been having this same discussion with my best mate for 20 years and he still insists that dampers determine ride height.

Phil

[scotty_d]

Bassfiend said:

LOL - Hey, I've been having this same discussion with my best mate for 20 years and he still insists that dampers determine ride height.

Phil

Lol i should know as i only did a pre set up on my Cerb a few weeks ago by screwing the adjustment ring up at raise the ride height. And i did it with my Chim years ago as well.

[Graham]

Bassfiend said:

LOL - Hey, I've been having this same discussion with my best mate for 20 years and he still insists that dampers determine ride height.

Phil

Yeah but 99.9% of people also refer to damper as shock absorbers too

[Bassfiend]

Graham said:

Bassfiend said:

LOL - Hey, I've been having this same discussion with my best mate for 20 years and he still insists that dampers determine ride height.

Phil

Yeah but 99.9% of people also refer to damper as shock absorbers too

...and they'd be correct in that dampers and "shock absorbers" are the same thing. It's still the springs (and the position of the spring seats) that determine the ride height though.

Phil

[Simon says]

scotty_d said:

Your right that was a daft thing from me i posted up, please disregard.

I thought you had dropped a bk to be honest but just couldn't help myself I still have to refer to dampers as shock absorbers on customers advice notes otherwise most owners don't know WTF i am talking about and many old school owners still insist that the damper bears relation to the ride height of their car of course I have to teach them the error of their ways

Edited by Simon says on Monday 4th June 12:05

[mrcabbage]

Sheepish admission warning!

I've solved the problem. Turns out the reason the front suspension was down a few inches was the large mound of stones under the opposite rear wheel!

Really sorry for wasting everyone's time. Thanks as ever for the great support from the community.

[haircutmike]

Ha.............................................Ha.

Glad it was that simple.

Now go and get your eyes tested .

[Bassfiend]

Simon says said:

scotty_d said:

Your right that was a daft thing from me i posted up, please disregard.

I thought you had dropped a bk to be honest but just couldn't help myself I still have to refer to dampers as shock absorbers on customers advice notes otherwise most owners don't know WTF i am talking about and many old school owners still insist that the damper bears relation to the ride height of their car of course I have to teach them the error of their ways

Thing is - I'm learning all the time on here too so I'm damn sure I come out with plenty of howlers too!

What I like is that there is a crapload of knowledge on here and as long as we're all sharing it then I'm happy as a pig in poop.

Phil

[BliarOut]

I should pop a link to this in the Griff forum

[Bassfiend]

BliarOut said:

I should pop a link to this in the Griff forum

No point ... it contains words rather than grunts - they'd never understand it.

Phil

[BliarOut]

Oh we'd understand the pictures alright