35thSLP

Ok, I need some advice on raising the ride height on my 951. It is squatting in the rear and I would like to raise it a bit. The suspension is soft enough for it to bottom out on a ruff dip. any suggestions would be appreciated!

hosrom_951

You wish to raise the front and rear or just the rear since it it squatting?

Ski

You can raise or lower the rear with the rear eccentric off the trailing arm. If you remove the rear tire, you will see two nuts, that combine the spring plate and the rear trailing arm. The two nuts are 24mm. The front one is 24mm bolt also, this is the locking bolt. The rear nut, will have a very thin 36mm bolt head, this is the eccentric. Take some white spray paint, shoot a dab on the trailing arm and the spring plate behind it. This way you can see how far you've moved it and match the other side. The rear arm, you want it to go Down to raise the ride height. The 36mm nut, oil line wrench or thin specialty wrench work well. Measure from the rear center hub to the ground, 6-8mm should get you enough. Oh yeah, if they haven't been touched in a long time, they will be very TIGHT.

pk951

It can be set using the eccentric ride height adjusters. They are located on the spring plate just rear of the the torsion bar. The larger nut is the eccentric it will raise or lower the car by about 11/16".

35thSLP

I will try that this week end. If the squat is too severe do you think it will be necessary to reindex the torsen bars? Thanks Again!

Ski

If you can't cure it with the ride height adj, it might be time for new shocks.

RKD in OKC

On my first 944 Turbo the rear bars were quite soft. The previous owner told me he loved accelerating on the highway and I got the car with 80K on it. The final resolution to stop the squatting to the stops out was new rear torsion bars.

I wouldn't ask new shocks to do the job of the rear torsion bars.

Ski

New shocks and/or a ride height adjustment are certianly cheaper than new torsion bars, not to mention the labor if he can't do it himself.

RKD in OKC

It might be cheaper to get new shocks, but keeping the suspension off the bump stops is NOT the job of shocks. That is what the springs are for. Shocks are to keep things from bouncing. The simplest way I had it described to me was adjust springs to adjust compression travel, adjust shocks to adjust decompression or lifting. Though it is a bit more than that.

Adjusting ride height, and/or reindexing worn out torsion bars may help if it is only hitting the stops on big bumps, and it is definately worth a try monitarily. But with my car it did not do enough and I had to put in new bars. In the end I replaced torsion bars, front springs and both swaybars with higher perfromance parts, but not the shocks, they were fine.

Alpine951

The ride height adjustment only has a limited height adjustment range, like 3/4". The bolt might already be at the limit of the adjustment. Reindex will do it.

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