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Originally Posted by Rob. Smith
Storing / Parking a vehicle with the suspension "hanging" isn't a really good thing to do. All those suspension bits are at their extreme extension lengths and the sway bar "rubbers" are squashed to their limits, the ball joints are binding and nothing is in it's normal position.
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Rob, if the ball joints are binding at full suspension travel there is something wrong with the suspension design. The bump stops should limit travel at full compression and the shock travel at full extension. All the ball joints and tie rods should be designed such that they have enough rotation to cope with full travel in every direction of suspension movement and steering lock.
Leaving the suspension hanging is only really a problem on cars fitted with rubber suspension bushes. these are bonded to the inner and outer tubes and work by the rubber twisting. A urethane bush that most folks run works more like a bearing and will rotate rather than twist so doesn't mater what position it's in. Same goes for the sway bar bushes.
edit: I should note that this is for double wishbone setups. Some setups can have problems with radius rod bushes being loaded up as they aren't designed to rotate.
Michael