on 14/12/98, Atwell Haines typed:
>Hi Paul!=20
>
>Good feeling to have a drivable Spit isn't it? =20
It certainly is. Now all the sorting the little bits and pieces begins...
>After I rebuilt the front suspension on my Spit last winter, it only
>'settled' about 1/2" over the whole summer. Did you have any of your
>suspension disassembled during the engine work? One thing that comes to
>mind is the bushings, the bolts should be tightened with the weight of two
>people in the car to minimise the twisting they experience.
I did have the suspension apart to replace all the bushings with poly=
bushes. I have a feeling that this is probably only part of the "problem".=
I think that if the back-end was standard the front would look ok, however=
the rear spring has been replaced with a MK IV unit and the wheels sit=
pretty deep in the arches (possibly the rear spring is a bit tired).=
Looking at the front end, I think the the guard height needs to drop about=
an inch to balance things up, I'm probably going to have to fit some=
lowered and uprated front springs as I can't see things are going to settle=
by that much.=20
Also now the car is on the road the back end doesn't feel all that happy=
over level crossings and similar. I've done the radius arm bushes so they=
are ok. What else should I have a look at?
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