Re: 56 TL Suspension Nervousness
Posted by Kip56 On 2007/8/22 8:17:04
Brian, Randy and Keith,
Thank you for your responses. I appreciate the collective experience you guys have on these cars.
I was able to get into the garage late last night and decided to very s-l-o-w-l-y jumper to solonoid to see if the main torsion bars would activate after raising the rear to level the front as Brian described. The result was I can raise or lower the rear of the car 4-6 inches manually with the jumper but not enough to make the compensator activate to lower the front. Heeding Randy's warning, that's as much experimenting as I will do.
I agree with Keith that under normal load the upper control arms are simply along for the ride. My issue is with the several hundred pounds of weight removed, the frame simply wants to float up and that is exerting force on the jounce bumpers which at this point are toast. (See picture) If the remnants of the bumpers were not still there the upper control arms would be pressed against the shock tower.
I am hoping that no damage will occur and I just need to get the front end back together sooner than later. Thanks again guys as I always appreciate the help.
Robert.
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Thank you for your responses. I appreciate the collective experience you guys have on these cars.
I was able to get into the garage late last night and decided to very s-l-o-w-l-y jumper to solonoid to see if the main torsion bars would activate after raising the rear to level the front as Brian described. The result was I can raise or lower the rear of the car 4-6 inches manually with the jumper but not enough to make the compensator activate to lower the front. Heeding Randy's warning, that's as much experimenting as I will do.
I agree with Keith that under normal load the upper control arms are simply along for the ride. My issue is with the several hundred pounds of weight removed, the frame simply wants to float up and that is exerting force on the jounce bumpers which at this point are toast. (See picture) If the remnants of the bumpers were not still there the upper control arms would be pressed against the shock tower.
I am hoping that no damage will occur and I just need to get the front end back together sooner than later. Thanks again guys as I always appreciate the help.
Robert.
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