mark chandler
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| posted on 7/4/07 at 04:02 PM |
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spring loose on full droop
Got my car with a basic setup now, when I set a front chassis hieght of 4.5" on full droop the spring in the shock just starts to free
itself.
What have people done to restrict the full droop distance, mines got loads of travel so I,m thinking rubber block on the chassis rail under the
wishbone at present.
Regards Mark
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nitram38
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| posted on 7/4/07 at 04:09 PM |
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It sounds like your springs are too short!
You can jack my wheels off the floor (via the chassis) and my springs never come loose
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JoelP
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| posted on 7/4/07 at 04:10 PM |
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tricky one. I would tighten it slightly to stop it being loose at droop and see if ride height settles back over a few miles. If not, i would get
springs half an inch longer (though right now i cant actually work out if that would work!) 
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12a RX-7
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| posted on 7/4/07 at 04:53 PM |
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could use a very light helper spring which is designed to keep some weight on that corner at full drop, spring lengths and rates are a compromise that
means there are a number of different ways around problems.
Helper springs are designed to fully compress (go coil bound) when the weight is on the suspension so they don't really affect your spring rate.
Or if possible try a longer spring. Just make sure it won't go coil bound at the other extreme of travel.
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procomp
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| posted on 7/4/07 at 06:23 PM |
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Hi the helper springs you are after can be seen
HERE View larger image and they are the small flat
red one wich can be brought seperatly.
These go under your existing spring to hold the spring and top collar in place on full droop.
Or as said fit 1" longer springs.
cheers matt
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mark chandler
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| posted on 7/4/07 at 06:46 PM |
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£1,125.00(exc VAT) for spring/shock set, if thats not paying for the name.....
It was much easier with my Landrover, just had a couple of chains to stop the axle falling off !
If I go for 5" ride at the front its not a problem so in true locost fashion I,ll play around with the problem before launching out and spending
money
Thanks for the replies, regards Mark
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procomp
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| posted on 7/4/07 at 07:01 PM |
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Honestly you can buy the little red springs for £3 each from somee suppliers .
cheers matt
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Avoneer
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| posted on 7/4/07 at 07:06 PM |
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I've seen a few racers with a couple of holes drilled in the "top hat" and ties clips around the top of the spring holding it all
together on full droop.
Pat...
No trees were killed in the sending of this message.
However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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procomp
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| posted on 7/4/07 at 07:06 PM |
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For best ish results set front ride height so that the outer bottom ball joint centre and the inner pivot bolt centre are level ish up or down 5mm ish
is acceptable.
cheers matt ish
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Avoneer
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| posted on 7/4/07 at 07:09 PM |
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How would longer springs help ???
The only way they would is if the lower spinning collar was right at the bottom and spring all the way to the top.
Pat...
No trees were killed in the sending of this message.
However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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mark chandler
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| posted on 8/4/07 at 12:07 PM |
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I do not think longer springs will help either, as the turret will be wound down further, softer springs would.
The helper springs are really soft so take up the slack but if I reduce the droop then I will not need to spend any money. As the arms do not bind at
any point the droop is restricted by the rear bottom bone hitting.
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