Patrick,
I cannot explain it, and the best frame shop cannot fix it.
If you want the car to sit level, shim the front left
spring tower 1/2". It works and you do not have to resort
to jacking with the suspension rates a la air shocks.
John Reynolds
1979 Spitfire
1968 BSA Spitfire
-----Original Message-----
From: Mostrom, Paul
Sent: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 10:13:27 -0500
To: PABowen@sar.med.navy.mil, spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: car level
Patrick,
FWIW....
When I first put air shocks on my '77 (after putting in a
new rear spring),
the car sat level for about two weeks. It then settled
into the same left
sided sag. It was only after putting in dual schrader
valves and boosting
the preasure in the left shock that I have been able to
keep the car level.
Thanks,
Paul Mostrom
'77 Spitfire 1500
> '80 Ford F-100 (Triumph Support Vehicle)
>
>
'Black holes, where God divided by zero......'
-----Original Message-----
From: Bowen, Patrick A [mailto:PABowen@sar.med.navy.mil]
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 8:01 AM
To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: car level
OK, this question has been asked a thousand times, but I
can't figure it
out. My car shows the typical drivers side tilt (about 1
to 2" lower).
Well by body is now off the car and the frame sits
perfectly level! The
frame is straight and the body has never been hit. The
rear spring off the
car measures out and appears to be in perfect shape. It
has new gabriel air
shocks on the back. I will dismantel the front suspension
today and check
its measurements. Is it possible that slightly worn
bushings between the
car and frame or in some parts of the suspension is causing
this. What am I
missing.
Patrick Bowen
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