Re: 58 400 ride height

Posted by HH56 On 2022/5/2 15:13:58

The position of the levers of 1/2" toward center for an unloaded car as mentioned in the SM is somewhat misleading. I believe that may be the case for a Clipper with a minimal amount of accessories but the senior models with most of the added accessory weight biased toward the front tend to have the levers want to be in different spots. In the case of my heavily optioned 56 HT the levers are actually an inch or so towards the frame.

No need to unload to change a load link but if for some other reason, there are some options in making sure the short bars are unloaded. If you have a manual switch or want to use a jumper wire at the control switch to manually energize the solenoids make sure the dash TL switch is off. Then you could move the suspension until you hear the load change pitch and then in small amounts move in one direction or the other while you try to rotate or slightly twist the transverse bars . When they are unloaded, you can grab one and twist it slightly in the ball sockets because there will be no pressure pulling the ball ends tight. Another option is to follow the procedure in bulletin 55T-12, step 5, which consists of loosening the nuts -- but not removing them -- on the 7 bolts holding the compensator together and letting the tension on the short bars pull the transverse bars and compensator mechanism until they reach a neutral point. If you do this procedure be sure to keep hands away from the bars and levers. The compensator ring is held by friction and once the ring is free to turn it can move quickly. The last option would be to remove the motor and use a screwdriver or modified ratchet to manually crank the compensator to the unloaded spot.