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Would a blown rear shock cause the suspension to drop?
Hello.
My rear passengers side sits about 1” lower than the drivers side. I have heard that a blown shock would NOT cause this issue.
I am underneath the car right now but can not find anything that would cause such a significant drop in ride height. Everything is 30 years old. The upper spring mount plate has a slight tweak but I don’t think enough to justify a 1” drop.
What you heard is correct, a "blown shock"" will not effect your right height. Unless of course it is bent. Dampers only dampen suspension motion, they do not effect ride height.
I'd nut and bolt that whole corner, paying special attention to all of the spring plate and trailing arm bolts. Also look for any excessively warn bushings.
It's pretty easy to remove the rear shocks from a 944. Take them both out and set the car down on level ground and see if there is still a difference.
If there is still a difference, it's possible that your rear ride height adjustment eccentrics have slipped and caused that side to drop.
In my experience the only time a shock/damper affects ride height is when an older air-cooled 911/912 has its original oil-filled front strut inserts replaced with newer-style gas-charged inserts, which can often pick up the front end by almost an inch!
I highly doubt this is your issue, but the strangest case of this that I have seen is a customer 968 that was low in the rear on one side, but all of the spring plate bolts were tight. It turned out that the rear torsion bars were swapped side to side! They are marked "L" and "R" as the torsion bars are pre-loaded/stressed at the factory in the direction that they will normally twist. Detailed info here:
07-01-2020 | 04:31 PM
Would a blown rear shock cause the suspension to drop?
