Re: Suspension Height

[Ollie <satellite1965@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dennis,
I agree, the car needs to be driven more. Only drove it 1/2 mile down the 
street and turned around, 4 times as we were playing with the adjustment. 
Fairly bumpy road. She came up an 1/2" on the trip to the muffler shop
Been thinking about cutting some wood dowell pins as measuring tools and try 
the book way again.
Got finished at  the muffler shop today and she will be coming home 
tomorrow.
MS Crusier may be happier at home and act right!!
Ollie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis C." <dennis.2914@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 12:47 PM
Subject: RE: Suspension Height


> Ollie,
>
> You may not like the procedure however Mother Mopar's way is probably
> the best way to go setting ride height.  The purpose of Mother Mopar's
> way is to set the tension on each torsion bar the same.  Nothing wrong
> with measuring from other locations however body panels are not all
> exactly the same and typically need to be shimmed to fit.
>
> You have the new suspension parts working against you at the moment.
> These new parts add friction to the car movement of the car up and down.
>
> Nothing wrong with a short ride over some moderate bumps to help free
> things up.  It is also necessary to bounce the car a number of times
> between adjustments.  You may find that once you have it alighned and
> put some miles on it you may want to go back and check ride height
> again.
>
> Sounds like you are doing great - keep up the good work.
>
> Dennis C.
>
> Ollie wrote:
> > Left the shop last night and MS Cruiser was sitting at 25 3/4 " fender
> > height. This morning when we measured it was 24  3/4" without moving the
> > vehicle.  ???
> > Ollie
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
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