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Originally Posted by TourerSteve
The bang you describe will probably the the suspension travel been stopped by the shock absorbers as they will be near the extent of travel
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So that would be what I've guessed at above i.e. aid spring/bump stop?
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Originally Posted by TourerSteve
Has the car got /had a tow bar on and if so has a previous owner fitted different springs or even blocks to stiffen the rear suspension ?
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Yes to the towbar, don't know to the blocks. Having had to recently troubleshoot some wiring issues with it, I'd say it was fitted not long after the car was built (not factory wiring). Where would the blocks go if they had been fitted?
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Originally Posted by TourerSteve
Just had a measure of my Suspension heights from wheel centre to wing Mine measure about 390mm at the rear and 400mm at the front
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Mine are
420mm rear and
389mm front. I also checked the ground clearance from the centre of the undertray: 3.5 in./90mm contrasting with the factory 6.1 in./155 mm!
(Thanks Suzulu for the diagram.)
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Originally Posted by trikey
That rear end is way too high!!
It looks like its affecting the rear wheel camber to me (A la Triumph Herald)
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I had all the tracking checked in January and wasn't too bad (but corrected obviously). The camber's always appeared to be in order.
So:
• ground clearance is 2.6 in./65mm too low
(short/soft new front springs?)
• rear wing-to-wheel centres are 30mm higher than TourerSteves
(blocks/longer or heavy duty springs?)
• front wing-to-wheel centres are 11mm lower than TourerSteves
(short/soft new front springs?)
Dougie.