How do you raise a select-a-drop?

Jo Mama Commited Dubber

51 posts · joined Oct 2002 · 26 Feb 2003, 8:17 pm

#28590

Hello friends,

Just wondering how you adjust a select-a-drop. It's on my baja in a lowered state, making my suspension really stiff (I can probably tell you what sex an ant is by running over it!). It was like that before the baja conversion and being lighter now seems to have made it worse.

Thanks,

Nick.

OvalGlen Custom Title Time!

1,361 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 26 Feb 2003, 8:30 pm

#28600

there will be more qualified than I , to follow with advice but
my oppinion - you may not get a softer ride by raising unless your car is resting on the bump stops.
You probably get softer ride from softer shock absorbers.
Stand by for more.......................

Regards,Glenn>

Jo Mama Commited Dubber

51 posts · joined Oct 2002 · 1 Mar 2003, 11:16 am

#29159

70AutoStik Insano Dub Head

730 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 4 Mar 2003, 12:29 am

#29616

It depends on whose "Select-a-Drop" you have. With the original, and most copies, you can only lower your front end - resulting in a much stiffer ride.

If you just want to lift the front end and restore your lost camber, simply loosen the bolt between the two "adjustors."

If you want a higher than stock ride, you will need to change to a different type of adjustor (requires cutting and welding of both beams.)

Jo Mama Commited Dubber

51 posts · joined Oct 2002 · 7 Mar 2003, 2:02 pm

#30376

Hello,
I just want to raise the front end to its original height. But I don't know where the adjusters are. The only bolt I've noticed is one rght in the middle of the front end.

Thanks for your reply,

Nick.

wibble Freakinbuggied

404 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 7 Mar 2003, 2:10 pm

#30381

sounds like a standard beam to me....

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OvalGlen Custom Title Time!

1,361 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 7 Mar 2003, 11:35 pm

#30458

thought you'd have gotten the pros by now, oh well.
Matt down, jack up front to take load of the spring plates.
Usually I put jack under the front torsion tube.
But you need to get spanners onto the nut in the centre - so jack not in centre.
" Safety ?" better use two jack stands.
my adjuster has outer nut as lock ring, and allen Key in centre.
Loosen the lock nut and then loosen the
allen key. the position of the "nut allen key" should change - because the spring will now pull the nut upwards. Possibly a gentle tap with a block of wood if it is stuck.
Not hard hit, Now tighten up the allen key and tighten up the lock nut.
The allen - lock nut assembly is the anchoring point for the spring. when this moves upward and is secured in a higher position , then the spring will hold the front end higher.
Oh and there are probably two of them. One on the top tube and one on the bottom tube. to get even spring loading then adjust both to same position BUT you may be able to get a softer ride by slightly
offseting the positions so that one spring is doing more work than the other = softer spring rate.
See if this draws some experts out for a comment.
Cheers.

Regards,Glenn>

Jo Mama Commited Dubber

51 posts · joined Oct 2002 · 8 Mar 2003, 5:04 pm

#30528

Thanks for your clear information. I managed to raise it and as it turns out, the ride is much smoother. I made my adjustments to the top torsion bar. The lower one didn't seem to have the same adjustment setup as the top - just 1 allen-bolt.

Thanks,

Nick.

OvalGlen Custom Title Time!

1,361 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 10 Mar 2003, 8:15 pm

#30816

Thats good. You have only one selector drop
fitted, but that is cool because, you are after a smoother ride, you have probably got the original
height now.
One question though, "do you think it was so low that it was hitting on the bump stops ? ".

Regards,Glenn>

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11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 10 Mar 2003, 9:04 pm

#30827

Although You called them "Selecta drop" & maybe some are called that, but they are really "front torsion bar adjusters"
and depending on the the positioning of them when they are installed... usually they can go both ways... selecta lift or selecta drop !! and I have heard of only one being used by some people... I will know more next weekend, when I have adjusters fitted to My front end....

Jo Mama wrote:Hello friends,

Just wondering how you adjust a select-a-drop. It's on my baja in a lowered state, making my suspension really stiff (I can probably tell you what sex an ant is by running over it!). It was like that before the baja conversion and being lighter now seems to have made it worse.
Thanks,
Nick.

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