Re: ruff ride

Posted by PackardV8 On 2008/10/3 21:48:39

Ok. the car setting level but how low to the ground is it setting???? Watch the spring shop!!! Are they cutting the leaves with a torch or a cut off wheel or a shear???

Many use torch and it can weaken the spring. Not uncommon to find the 40's-60's cars that someone has taken a torch to the springs to deliberatly get the car to set low and thus ruins spring tension.

When the springs are installed the SHACKLES must be tightened with the car normalized. If the car is not normalized for correct attitude then USUALY it causes a stiff ride because the shackles were tightened with NO load on them while the car was jacked up. But u have the opposite problem of that.

Check for a cracked or broken frame.