LoL i wanted to lower it and now i got a damn monster truck
03-09-2009, 08:36 PM
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LoL i wanted to lower it and now i got a damn monster truck Ok here is what i got. in august i put the car up on stands...rebuilt the rear, put in a new clutch yada yada yada. Anyway i figured that while i have the suspention apart that i would finaly install my dms springs. well after 7 months i finaly started to put it back together. I put the car on the ground and the damn thing is like twice as high off the ground then before i lowered it. Could this be from the shocks being extended for the past 7 months?
03-09-2009, 08:45 PM
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No, shocks can't hold the car up. Did you tighten up the control arms with the car still in the air and suspension hanging? That can preload the bushings as they will twist up as the suspension loads. (stock type bushings only). Loosen all the control arm bushings then tighten them up with the weight resting on the springs after bouncing it a few times on each corner.
You still have the drive train in it right?
If it's none of that then it's just your old springs sat lower than the new ones.
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You still have the drive train in it right?
If it's none of that then it's just your old springs sat lower than the new ones.
Vernon
03-10-2009, 08:28 AM
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No, shocks can't hold the car up. Did you tighten up the control arms with the car still in the air and suspension hanging? That can preload the bushings as they will twist up as the suspension loads. (stock type bushings only). Loosen all the control arm bushings then tighten them up with the weight resting on the springs after bouncing it a few times on each corner.
You still have the drive train in it right?
If it's none of that then it's just your old springs sat lower than the new ones.
Vernon
You still have the drive train in it right?
If it's none of that then it's just your old springs sat lower than the new ones.
Vernon
03-10-2009, 01:29 PM
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If you just let the car off the jacks, it will sit high until you can really move it and compress the suspension. That's not abnormal.
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03-10-2009, 02:23 PM
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Well i should have the car in running condition by the weekend and i will take it around to block to get thes suspension working a bit in try and really load the suspention and see what i get afterwards.
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just an update, i didnt get a chance to drive the car last night but it is 100% that the shocks are frozen extended. hopefully driving it will make them loosen up cuz i dont wanna buy shocks yet.
