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Re: Nose up after front end rebuild on Spitfire - RESOLVED

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Subject: Re: Nose up after front end rebuild on Spitfire - RESOLVED
From: Jambone <jambone6@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 16:57:23 -0800 (PST)
Loosened up the bolts, drove it around the block, then tightened them
back up.  Sits much better now.  Thank you very much!

- Brian

--- MikeC <mikech@sprynet.com> wrote:
> Did you tighten up the control arm bushing bolts with the car at
> normal ride
> height with all the weight on it or with the front end in the air and
> the
> control arms hanging? You should tighten them with all the weight on
> and
> normal ride height or the bushings will bind and could rise the front
> a bit.
> When I did mine , I left all  the bolts loose and drove it up and
> down the
> driveway a few times so everything could settle, then tightened all
> the
> bolts with the weight on.
> MikeC
> 
> >
> >I recently rebuilt the fron suspension of my '76 Spitfire 1500
> (upper
> >ball joints, trunnions, tie-rod ends, and bushings).  Now, the nose
> of
> >my car sits much higher than before.  I know I've seen this posted
> here
> >before (I tried searching the archives without much luck).  What can
> I
> >do to level my car out a bit?  If I raise the back end, will that
> help
> >settle the front?
> >
> 
> 


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