gday fellas just wanting to know if it seems to be a common thing with the lc's and lj's to sit on an angle. if you look at it from the back it looks as though the right side is sitting higher than the left a fair way. i just not long ago replaced every bush springs and shockies but its still sitting in the same way. i was thinking that the chassis might be twisted or something if it had a v8 in it but i would hav thought it would hav twisted the other way.
any suggestions?
whole car sitting on an angle
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, Sep 28 2006 11:20 PM
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Posted 29 September 2006 - 07:25 AM
Fairly common problem in older cars, usually one side sits lower than the other. I recently bought a LJ GTR that had the same problem with the left rear sitting low. I have a friend who works in a suspension shop. Gave me the choice of lowering the right spring or increasing the height of the left spring to make it sit level. Removed the left rear spring and had it reset 30mm higher and now it sits perfectly. Regards Mick.
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Posted 29 September 2006 - 11:03 AM
did u forget to let the mother in law out of the passenger seat 
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Posted 29 September 2006 - 11:12 AM
No, she rides in the boot. Thats how he forgot about her.
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Posted 29 September 2006 - 12:02 PM
Most cars sit slightly higher on the lright hand side. To compensate for the weight of the driver as most times there is no one in the passenger seat. It has to do with wheel alignement tyre wear etc. If you measure the front springs you will find the right hand site front spring is slightly higher than the left.
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Posted 29 September 2006 - 12:03 PM
its not on a hill is it??? 
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Posted 29 September 2006 - 01:42 PM
cars and there for springs are not made in this way, there is no N/S and O/S spring in a set unless you specifficly request this.Most cars sit slightly higher on the lright hand side. To compensate for the weight of the driver as most times there is no one in the passenger seat. It has to do with wheel alignement tyre wear etc. If you measure the front springs you will find the right hand site front spring is slightly higher than the left.
EDIT; the car is designed to carry five people with a load in the boot.
your car should sit level on level ground.
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Posted 29 September 2006 - 04:34 PM
The clue may well be in the fact you have replaced all components. Especially the springs. Check that they are seated correctely and not half a turn out. There is a seating configuration in the base plate generally and if not seated properly will give a higher static position to the car.
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Posted 29 September 2006 - 04:36 PM
maybe the right hand spring is taking longer to settle in
I had a front spring out on my old HQ for a couple of weeks and when it went back in that side was higher the the other for a few months
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I had a front spring out on my old HQ for a couple of weeks and when it went back in that side was higher the the other for a few months
Cheers
Loui
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Posted 30 September 2006 - 12:10 PM
cheers guys for the quick replys. like the humour in there. its not parked on a hill and i had the problem before i changed all the springs out. i was just worried it might be something extremely wrong with it but since it seems to be common problem ill just get the right hand spring re set i think it is about 30 mm out like you say mike. oh yeh i made sure that the springs where sitting in the litttle groove on the bit that bolts to the trailing arms (lots of technical descriptions there)
cheers again fellas
ben
cheers again fellas
ben
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Posted 30 September 2006 - 03:17 PM
30 mm is alot, id be looking for the problem.
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Posted 01 October 2006 - 09:09 AM
Could be it's had a bad bingle once upon a time and the Chassis may not be quite true? I've seen this many years ago in a mates LJ. Hope this isn't the case, but just my 2 bobs worth.
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Posted 01 October 2006 - 11:04 AM
spirit level the ground it may have some more gravel on the right side !
who knows whats the go there 71 xu1s idea is the one that sounds right
ive heard that a friend of a friend of mines mother has a xd ford shes a big woman and well on the left side its stock (6 spings) on the drivers side however it has heavy duty v8 springs !!
who knows whats the go there 71 xu1s idea is the one that sounds right
ive heard that a friend of a friend of mines mother has a xd ford shes a big woman and well on the left side its stock (6 spings) on the drivers side however it has heavy duty v8 springs !!
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Posted 01 October 2006 - 11:19 AM
Ya 30mm is a lot but if the chassis is bent then there's not much i can do about it at the moment anyway. would you have to start pulling panels off and that? Is it easy for a smash repairs joint to determine whether or not the chassis is bent and how much?
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Posted 01 October 2006 - 06:54 PM
start by finding level ground then pull your shocks out, ensure all your springs are seated correctly and measure from the ground up to the shock mount point.
pull your springs out and measure the free length.
check all your bushes etc that they are sitting true. (even around the bolt holes).
swap sides when installing the parts and see if that makes a difference.
write down your findings and get them back here.
pull your springs out and measure the free length.
check all your bushes etc that they are sitting true. (even around the bolt holes).
swap sides when installing the parts and see if that makes a difference.
write down your findings and get them back here.
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Posted 03 October 2006 - 10:47 PM
Obviously you mean pull the front shocks out as well yes?
ok well im flat out at work at the moment so i'll do it as quick as possible and get my results posted as quick as possible as well.
thanks for the prompt advice once again guys.
cheers
Ben
ok well im flat out at work at the moment so i'll do it as quick as possible and get my results posted as quick as possible as well.
thanks for the prompt advice once again guys.
cheers
Ben
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