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I have noticed that the car seems to lean to one side...
It is around 1 to 1.5 inches higher on the drivers side, if I put my hand flat vertically the bottom hits the tyre and the top touches the wheel arch on the passenger side, but on the drivers side there is a good 1 to 1.5 inches free air above the hand. I hope that makes sense, I have had a look at the suspension but I cannot see what is the problem.
The only thing I have noticed is that the bottom wishbone on the passenger side is rather rusted with the strut going across it looking pretty sorry for itself. When changing do you have to do both upper and lower on the one side?
Again thaks for the help so far....
Dean.
It is around 1 to 1.5 inches higher on the drivers side, if I put my hand flat vertically the bottom hits the tyre and the top touches the wheel arch on the passenger side, but on the drivers side there is a good 1 to 1.5 inches free air above the hand. I hope that makes sense, I have had a look at the suspension but I cannot see what is the problem.
The only thing I have noticed is that the bottom wishbone on the passenger side is rather rusted with the strut going across it looking pretty sorry for itself. When changing do you have to do both upper and lower on the one side?
Again thaks for the help so far....
Dean.
deano 4.0 chimp said:
I have noticed that the car seems to lean to one side...
It is around 1 to 1.5 inches higher on the drivers side, if I put my hand flat vertically the bottom hits the tyre and the top touches the wheel arch on the passenger side, but on the drivers side there is a good 1 to 1.5 inches free air above the hand. I hope that makes sense, I have had a look at the suspension but I cannot see what is the problem.
The only thing I have noticed is that the bottom wishbone on the passenger side is rather rusted with the strut going across it looking pretty sorry for itself. When changing do you have to do both upper and lower on the one side?
Again thaks for the help so far....
Dean.
It is around 1 to 1.5 inches higher on the drivers side, if I put my hand flat vertically the bottom hits the tyre and the top touches the wheel arch on the passenger side, but on the drivers side there is a good 1 to 1.5 inches free air above the hand. I hope that makes sense, I have had a look at the suspension but I cannot see what is the problem.
The only thing I have noticed is that the bottom wishbone on the passenger side is rather rusted with the strut going across it looking pretty sorry for itself. When changing do you have to do both upper and lower on the one side?
Again thaks for the help so far....
Dean.
It's not unusual for the bodywork to differ from side to side and can be accounted for by variances in the manufacture (or repairs), and in mounting (afraid they're not that precise). But worth measuring from the chassis rails (I do from the outriggers just behind the front wheel and ahead of the rear) to ensure the chassis is 'square'. If it's not sitting level (on a flat level surface), then you may have dampers with adjustable spring platforms fitted and the ride height can be altered... there's loads of info on this so just search but be aware this can drastically change the 'feel' and handling so go carefully if tinkering (the rear is maybe 10mm higher than the front usually). The stock shocks are non-adjustable so if there are big differences after measuring chassis height, I'd be looking for mechanical problems although I would have expected anything too major to have been obvious. Springs do get tired and I suppose it is possible for a car that habitually has carried one heavyweight driver to have sagged a little more on that side but whether that could be enough, who knows?
Wishbones are a consumable and are not especially expensive, so I'd be tempted to replace in pairs and they're not worth refurbing imho. The tops normally go well before the bottoms so if the tops are original and the bottoms are shot, I'd be looking very closely at these.
While you're doing the 'bones, you might as well do the ball-joints (have fun!), oh, and the track-rod ends!
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