suspension help
#1
suspension help
Well it appears as though i need new rear shocks seeing as the is fluid all over the driverside. Here is my question, I was planing on getting a lower kit with new springs and shocks that match. However, i don't have the money to do the kit or time to install it, so i was wondering if i could put shocks in the back now that would match springs i put in later with out causing handleing issues or wearing out the shock prematurely. thanks guys
#4
well i need to replace the shocks first. I need to fix other problems with the suspension first to, there is a ever increasing pop coming from the front end whenever the front end dipps too. Something is really wrong with it, i just don't know what. I have never done suspension work on anything so this will be yet another learning experience. Of coarse none of this would have mattered, cuz i lost it last night around a corner i take all the time and almost spun her into the woods going like 55. :0
Last edited by swarthyfellow; 12-02-2009 at 06:48 PM.
#5
that pop is most likely the control arm bushing binding up, drive it up on ramps and loosen the control arm nuts/bolts up front, let them loose enough so as the suspension is preloaded with the cars weight on the tires at normal ride hight then tighten them up again but you dont need to tighten them to the point of killing yourself, they are locking nuts and its they are toooo tight they will have the same problem
#7
that pop is most likely the control arm bushing binding up, drive it up on ramps and loosen the control arm nuts/bolts up front, let them loose enough so as the suspension is preloaded with the cars weight on the tires at normal ride hight then tighten them up again but you dont need to tighten them to the point of killing yourself, they are locking nuts and its they are toooo tight they will have the same problem
#9
Ignore the spacer because it's gone now. lol