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CR67rep

03-27-2019 10:23 PM

uneven ride height

So I took my CR out for a ride the other day and took some pictures and noticed the driver front wheel well seemed higher. Busted out the tape measure and sure enough the driver front is about 3/4" higher than the passenger front. I am running tubular control arms but still on standard shocks and springs. I can't find any glaring reasons why it would be this way. Has anyone run into this before? Thoughts on where to start?

Alfa02

03-27-2019 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by CR67rep (Post 1459775)

I would check for a frozen shock first. :confused:

Ron61

03-28-2019 05:59 AM

Alfa02 has the first thing to check. Then check that both of your fenders are the same so far as the cut out goes. On some of the older classic Roadsters around here one fender would be cut out about 1/2 inch higher than the other but I can't remember which one it was. The fix for that was have a good body man that worked with fiberglass either remove some from the lower fender or add to the higher one. By trying to fix it by lowering the higher corner that made the car sort of in a twist that you didn't see but could feel when driving by the way it handled. But that was only on a few cars that I know of and I would first check the shocks and suspension. If this just happened it is most likely the suspension but if it has always been this way then check everything.

Ron

MKS427

03-28-2019 07:22 AM

All good advice. Another thought, before you begin, check the frame height at all four corners.

HI Cobra

03-28-2019 07:48 AM

Did you have someone measure it with you in it? Your weight might level it?
Just a guess here!

patrickt

03-28-2019 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by HI Cobra (Post 1459789)

Did you have someone measure it with you in it? Your weight might level it?
Just a guess here!

That's absolutely correct. I have seen Cobras that, after having been corner weighted on scales, with the driver in the seat, and adjusted to have a perfect 50/50 cross-weight, appear to sit lopsided when the car is empty.:cool:

CR67rep

03-28-2019 10:14 AM

Thanks for the advice guys. Put new shocks on it last summer, but the springs are still old. Car was completed in 1996 I think the build started around 1992 so maybe the springs are just junk. I’ll check the frame height and size of the wheel wells though. Thanks!

Chicagowil

03-30-2019 07:16 PM

I agree with checking the frame height. If you find the frame is level, side to side, then measure the height of the lower A-Arms, then the upper A-Arms. If these are all at the same height, I would expect your body has some twist or uneven design in it.

Good luck!

Wisconsin_Snake

04-02-2019 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by CR67rep (Post 1459796)

Thanks for the advice guys. Put new shocks on it last summer, but the springs are still old. Car was completed in 1996 I think the build started around 1992 so maybe the springs are just junk. I’ll check the frame height and size of the wheel wells though. Thanks!

I am not so sure.... from what I've been told, springs do not wear out... You need to change them because the weight has increased/decreased (i.e. a engine swap).

I still have the same springs on my 57 Chevy and they have not lost any of their compression and the car still sits were it's supposed to, and that's 60+ years.

If you do think one of your springs has gone soft so that the car sits uneven...
Pull both of them out and stand them nest to each other or swap sides.
I'd just hate to see you through money at guessing what to fix...

Perhaps one of the springs is not seats quite right... (This would be the side that sits higher).
Good luck.

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