I checked the spring mounting last night. Found that half of the rubber pad
was missing, the right hand side to be exact, from the center mount. I put
a small bit of rubber in the end of the mount as a temp fix to see if it
was that simple. It was. Now I'm looking for a replacement pad.
-----Original Message-----
From: Carter Shore [SMTP:clshore@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 11:52 AM
To: Ben Bacon
Subject: Re: Rear end alignment
Is it a RHD (non-US) car? Most times the driver side
sags due to the constant weight. See if you can find
someone with wheel weights, to determinw what's going
on. If not, try this:
find a nice flat level area that you can drive the car
onto (living room does not count). Lay a piece of
wood, plywood, whatever, about 1/2" thick in front of
the right front wheel. Drive or push the car so that
the RF wheel is now resting on the wood. Measure the
ride heights all around. If it's now level in the
rear, it's probably the front spring, otherwise, the
rear.
A good spring shop can probably re-arch the leaf, but
since you have to remove it anyway, maybe a relacement
is better in the long run. For fronts, some people
just switch them left-right. You can get/make spacers
that fit on top of the front spring where it sits into
the perch, the factory shipped many models this way.
Let me know what's up.
Carter
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