Steve,
I also have a 74 and it had the same problem.
If your springs are not damaged, a cheap fix is to swap the springs from
side to side, (put the left spring on the right side and the right
spring on the left side). I did this about three years ago and it
worked out well. The car sat level, (for a while).....
2 years ago I rebuilt the car from the ground up and that included new
springs. It sat perfectly level with the new springs... It now sits
about 2 inches lower on the drivers side again.....
I don't have any expierence with the Moss or VB springs. I will be
having my next set re-arched at my local spring shop after we/they take
the appropriate measurments to make the car sit level.
Kevin V.
SSWARIN@aol.com wrote:
>I have a 1974 midget which is exhibiting (when viewed from the rear) a
>pronounced sag so that the driver's side is lower than the passenger side by
>1-2". I
>believe that this is caused by the rear springs having undergone unequal
>stress due to the driver weighing more than the passenger (Certainly true in
>my
>case!!). The shocks seems to respond well to a push on top of the rear fender.
>
>First, can the list experts confirm that a worn out spring is the likely
>cause of what I am seeing?
>
>Second, if this is the cause, the obvious fix is new springs, right? Well,
>have you looked at the price of new springs in the Mo$$ catalog recently? Talk
>about sticker shock!!! To make matters more confusing, Mo$$ offers regular
>springs ($70), and springs lowered 1" ($125) and springs lowered 2" ($150). My
>car
>looks like it has one regular and one lowered 2". So the next question is,
>should I replace just the driver's side, or will I save myself the grief of
>replacing the passenger side in 6 months and get better balance if I replace
>them
>both now?
>
>It seems to me that I have seen a discussion on spring quality (or lack
>thereof) on the list recently, but I can't find anything in the archives.
>What has
>been the experience of recent spring replacements? What are my sources
>besides Mo$$ and VB? Are there really other sources or are they all coming
>from
>the same factory in Bejing?
>
>Any help you guys can provide would be appreciated.
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