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 lowrider
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| posted on December 20th, 2003 at 08:05 PM |
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Suspension sag
My Karmann Ghia has a noticeable suspension sag on the right hand side ( right side sitting lower than the left)
Is it something to do with torsion bars?
The car has been lowered; I have replaced shockers with no improvement.
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| posted on December 20th, 2003 at 08:25 PM |
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Maybe a bent trailing arm/spring plate or the torsion bar itself may have called it a day.When it was lowered did the torsion bars go back in the
correct sides?If not it can cause the torsion bars to snap because they are loaded up the wrong way(after many years being loaded up in a different
direction)
Cheers Paul
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| posted on December 21st, 2003 at 08:18 AM |
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OK thanks, thats rear suspension I assume?
The car was already lowered when I bought it
(& it was parked for 15 years before that).
I'll get someone to check it out
Andy
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| posted on December 21st, 2003 at 09:04 AM |
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Maybe one of the rubber bushes is rat-sh1t and collapsed.
Or when it was lowered, one side was lowered more than the other. It may just require a few torsion bar roatations to fix it.
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| posted on December 21st, 2003 at 09:08 AM |
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I think you will find that the rubber inner n outer bushes that go on the trialing arm have deteriorated and need replaceing
This is not an easy job and requires some one who knows what there doning to do the job.
The bushes are relatively cheap but its
the labour that you will be paying for.
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| posted on December 21st, 2003 at 06:02 PM |
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my KG was the same and i know of least one other with the same problem.
replace the rubber bushes and adjust the torsion bars. there is a vw tool for gaugeing the angle.
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| posted on December 21st, 2003 at 08:10 PM |
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Thanks guys,
a job for after Xmas & before Dubs At the Pub!
Andy
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