Suspension Settleing... Why?
11-27-2013 | 05:59 PM
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To the other question in the OP... if you have a solidly mounted HD eye bolt in the floor (or some other attachment installed when the slab went down), you can use a chain winch to pull it down to spec. The factory/dealer procedure defines this - and it's what I have observed dealers doing - saves them time.
Alan
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11-27-2013 | 07:02 PM
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Speedtoys , I would just like to know if there's away to avoid this cycle. Every time my car comes off the ground, it takes days for the front suspension to go back where it belongs. I want to know how to avoid or improve this situation. If there's really nothing to be done, so be it, but if sounds like some of the guys here have some stuff they've done (be it race/exotic etc.) that helps this.
I guess it's not really a huge problem, and I now understand that the bushings in the lower arms are loaded and this contributes to this (more than I knew earlier this week...and that's an improvement in itself) I do like hearing about stuff that most of us never heard of. It just adds to the general base of useful info. - Ruf
I guess it's not really a huge problem, and I now understand that the bushings in the lower arms are loaded and this contributes to this (more than I knew earlier this week...and that's an improvement in itself) I do like hearing about stuff that most of us never heard of. It just adds to the general base of useful info. - Ruf
Its no big deal...you DONT want to "fix" this.
This is part of how your suspension works.
11-27-2013 | 11:19 PM
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Dont jack it to adjust ride height. Rear is pretty easy to reach. Front - put wheels on full lock right, reach in front of right wheel , push spanner to raise, pull to lower; reach in behind left wheel, push to raise, pull to lower. This should only need a brief drive to settle, or even just some backing and filling, running the steering from lock to lock. If you had the fronts on alignment pads they would probably allow everything to settle naturally.
jp 83 Euro S AT 55k
jp 83 Euro S AT 55k
11-29-2013 | 09:56 AM
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Hijacking this a little..
upon getting ym car back after paint, and seeing all the blanket of white garbage outside, i won't be able to drive my car, was thinking of getting the tires off the ground a couple inches for it's hibernation..
Because of all this talk about binding, etc, does doing this for 4 months with a 928 somehow hurt anything? should i leave it on the ground with some wood under the tires??
upon getting ym car back after paint, and seeing all the blanket of white garbage outside, i won't be able to drive my car, was thinking of getting the tires off the ground a couple inches for it's hibernation..
Because of all this talk about binding, etc, does doing this for 4 months with a 928 somehow hurt anything? should i leave it on the ground with some wood under the tires??
