Thanks all. Well, I've been checking and measuring, and despite there being
no aparent physical problems with the spring, it does seem shorter on the
driver's than the passenger's side, as the chassis itself is slightly down,
not just the body. Apparently they can acquire some sort of permanent set
after a while - perhaps it was always stored on a hill back in Ohio?
There's around 7mm difference between the heights of the rear towing hoops
on the chassis, which translates on the body to approx. 15mm difference
between the top of the wheelarches - not much, but you can convince yourself
it's just about noticeable once you've first spotted it.
So...
Anyone have a new rear spring, or am I looking to Houston? (Interestingly,
I'm heading over to Northern Ireland this weekend too, so if anyone knows of
one there, let me know!!! Actually, no. Scratch that. They wouldn't be
too keen in having it in hand luggage...)
Cheers folks,
Rich Hanlon
(393/ 06126)
>From: Martin Gutkowski <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [doc] Rear Suspension
>Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2005 19:00:50 +0000
>
>Hi Richard
>
>Yes.... and no. The rear height can be adjusted with shorter springs, or
>alternatively with different shocks that allow adjustment of the
>position of the spring collar. Our adjustable setup allows exactly this.
>
>TABs will do little if at all to the height - they hold the wheels in
>check in a front-back attitude (is that the right word?)
>
>Martin
>
>Richard Hanlon wrote:
>
> > Folks
> >
> >
> > Is the rear ride height governed by anything other than the rear spring?
> > I've detected a slight slant with the drivers' side marginally down -
> > overweight previous owner perhaps?! Could the TAB's also be anything
> > to do
> > with it in anyone's experience? It isn't tyre pressures, I know that
> > much!!
> >
> > Cheers all,
> >
> > Rich Hanlon
> >
>
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