Reply to "Adjusting Ride Height - Shocks/Spring Tension"

Sounds like something odd is going on with your springs that you have so much preload (preload is probably not the correct term) with the shock off the car, e.g. springs too short, too weak. The owner of a major coil over shock manufacturer located in Atlanta was at the Atlanta Donut Derelicts this AM and he said be careful that you do not damage of the threads on the shock body. He said you should be able to adjust the spring position with the shocks on the car and the weight off of the suspension. This company pays a lot of attention to the way the threads are designed on their shocks to keep them from striping when adjusting the ride height. He also said to make sure the treads are clean.

I used a spring compressor tool that I bought at Autozone to disassemble my Koni shocks to remove the spacers. The two piece tool hooked on the springs on both sides and was threaded to compress the spring. It was very scary and I�m glad that job is done.



[This message has been edited by Mike Dailey (edited 06-14-2003).]