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posted on February 26th, 2003 at 08:17 PM
How do you raise a select-a-drop?


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.

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posted on February 26th, 2003 at 08:30 PM


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.
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posted on March 1st, 2003 at 11:16 AM
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posted on March 4th, 2003 at 12:29 AM


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.)
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posted on March 7th, 2003 at 02:02 PM


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,

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posted on March 7th, 2003 at 02:10 PM


sounds like a standard beam to me....



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posted on March 7th, 2003 at 11:35 PM


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.
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posted on March 8th, 2003 at 05:04 PM
Thanks Glen


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.

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posted on March 10th, 2003 at 08:15 PM


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 ? ".




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posted on March 10th, 2003 at 09:04 PM


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....

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Originally posted by Jo Mama
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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