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| Author: | NewLancerMan [ Fri Aug 10, 2012 10:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | LCA adjustment that won't stay put? |
Hi all, I have been having issues with my left control arm "sagging" after driving around. I noticed it first on the stock ride height my car was at and thought I had just mis-adjusted it when I replaced the torsion bars. Now I have the car much lower and noticed it again when the left front tire ripped the stainless trim off on a corner. Measuring from the floor to the fender lip it dropped 1.5" compared the setting on the right. This was only from a few drives since I had the car realigned after I adjusted the ride height. Yesterday I set the height back to level side-to-side, drove it a few miles, and sure enough when I got home it was .5" lower. I did jounce it and make sure it was settled in after I adjusted it, so I don't think its simply settling. Any one have an idea of how I could keep the adjustor from unadjusting? Or is there another problem in the suspension that might cause this? Thanks in advance! MJ |
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| Author: | Romeo Furio [ Fri Aug 10, 2012 11:22 am ] |
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Just a guess here,, some adjuster bolts are fine thread and the bolt/nut can be stripped/worn. Or lower control arm bushing wore out.Or check for crackes at T-bar mount on frame. Check upper control arm mounting points and bushings. Just a few check points. |
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| Author: | Doc [ Fri Aug 10, 2012 11:35 am ] |
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It is unlikely that the adjusting "screw" is backing-out. It is common to see the rear torsion bar anchor point crack, twist and break-out of the frame. The LCA bushing - shaft can also break-out of the K-frame mounting point. Time to do a close inspection arount the 2 ends of the torsion bar. DD |
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| Author: | NewLancerMan [ Fri Aug 10, 2012 12:17 pm ] |
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Thanks Doc, Everything is new, so its not worn out. I'll crawl under for a look and see what we have going on. More soon! |
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| Author: | Dart270 [ Mon Aug 13, 2012 7:18 am ] |
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I have also at least imagined that new tbars or all new susp components can take a while to settle in. I cannot explain this so far, but it has happened once or twice. You may just need to drive it more and readjust. Lou |
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| Author: | NewLancerMan [ Mon Aug 13, 2012 11:55 am ] |
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ok I'll hope for that  I will keep adjusting and either run out of adjustor screw (its pretty far out now). I definitely wasn't able to find anything obviously broken, so I'll just keep cranking it back up and see what happens. Thanks Lou..I really didn't want to take it apart....again MJ |
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| Author: | Dart270 [ Tue Aug 14, 2012 8:13 pm ] |
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It could be something is messed up, but you can at least try this for a little bit and see how it goes. Lou |
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| Author: | NewLancerMan [ Wed Aug 15, 2012 10:30 am ] |
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Let's hope for the settling instead I'll keep you posted. This morning it was only 1/4" lower than when I set it last time, so hopefully its stabilizing.MJ |
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| Author: | emsvitil [ Wed Aug 15, 2012 1:49 pm ] |
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Why don't you overadjust? That way it will quit, and then you'll have to adjust it lower......... |
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