Re: Torsion Level Problem

Posted by Jed Sheehan On 2012/7/26 16:39:27

New info on my T-L problem.

I test drove the car yesterday and we noticed something missing. The T-L system seems to be working just as it should electrically. It levels and turns on and turns off just as it should.

What's missing is any resistance whatsoever to hold the car at the level position. This lets the car constantly go unlevel while driving and the T-L system is constantly trying to level the car. However, because there's no resistance, the car will overshoot the level position.

The compensator motor turns off at the level postion but the body continues moving past level in the direction the T-L system was moving it. Then of course 7 seconds later the T-L system tries to level it again in the opposite direction and the car again over shoots level. Thus, I get a see-saw effect.

Tim at the shop took the electric motor off the compensator (an NOS unit) today and found he could turn the worm gear with his fingers. That's how little resistance there is in the system.

In the past I would push down on the rear of the car to activate the T-L system to demonstrate it. I always had to hold the rear down for the 7 seconds. If I let go it would pop back to the level position. Not so anymore. No if I push down and let go, it stays down until the T-L system kick in.

Anyone have any ideas? What normally provides the resistance in the T-L system to hold it at level?