'Normal' ride-height - now that *would* be a nice thing to know. The usual
way of measuring ride height is from the centre of the axle to the bottom of
the chrome strip, that removes any variables in wheels and tyres. The web
site below (click on 'Spanners' and 'Ride Height') has the front and rear
ride height of about 26 MGBs of various years, you might like to see how
yours compares. A problem at one corner can show itself at the diagonally
opposite corner. If you can eliminate wheel and tyre differences then you
can measure the drop to the ground from points such as the front, rear and
centre of the rear springs to see if it is the spring or the hangers, and
right and left side of the cross-member and chassis rails. If it was
balanced before, despite being low, then I would suspect either different
specs for your new springs or assembly problems.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc" <smarc@abs.net>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 6:45 AM
Subject: mgb ride height/lopsidedness
> So, the passenger side looks great! The driver side is also much
> higher now, but definately lopsided. I kind of expected this, based
> upon reading of others' experiences, but I was hoping for a
> better result! It seems this is a pretty common occurence, again
> based on reading various mgb web pages.
>
> After taking a tape measure from the ground to the edge of the wheel
> arch, exactly in the center or the wheel, my mgb sits 24 inches on the
> passenger side rear, and 22 1/2 inches on the driver side rear.
>
> This lopsidedness irritates me enough that I will probably address
> it. I seem to recall reading somewhere that you can get longer
> U bolts, and shim between the spring and the axel, or some such.
>
> So, I was wondering, what kind of ride height is "normal", and
> what experiences you may have had trying to correct the lopsided
> stance the car takes?
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