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Re: Leaning Spits

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Subject: Re: Leaning Spits
From: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 20:32:08 +0100
In article <sad6a3dd.079@GWIA>, Nolan Penney <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
writes

<huge snip>

>If the front 
>springs aren't equal, it would give the same result.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I measured my front springs today.   The dimensions from the top to the
bottom of the dished locating whatsits are... <cue drumroll>...

Left Hand:      221mm (8.7")
Right Hand:     209mm (8.2")

She sags a lot more than half-an-inch overall, but this can't be
helping!   I presume I need to replace my front springs? :-(

>  So too if the frame were 
>twisted.  Anything that would cause the front suspension to not impart equall 
>forces on each side of a level frame would result in cockeyed camber.  So 
>don't 
>just install another sway bar, find out what component (or components) is 
>causing the rear camber problem.

Thanks very much for the helpful advice.

ATB
Mike
-- 
Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea,"
published by Greenhill Books on 28th March, 2001:
http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html

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