Suspension Q's - help....
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Apr 2004
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From: Spring Texas
St. Jude Donor '05
Suspension Q's - help....
I just removed my rear spring and found several more shims on one side vs the other - the shop that installed the rear spring and lowering bolts last spring said he had a hard time getting the car to set level (Left - Right) Could this have been the problem? one lowering bolt had at least 2" of thread used / showing and the other had about 1/8 showing...
Also, how many shims should be there (each side under clamp) and does this have any effect on the ride height?
Thanks for any suggestions
Also, how many shims should be there (each side under clamp) and does this have any effect on the ride height?
Thanks for any suggestions
Race Director
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 10,641
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From: Slidell Louisiana
From my helms manual
State to make note of spring spacer positioning.
Here are the 1995 codes
Coupe with FE1
A SPRING YELLOW CODE
1-14044572 ABOVE SPRING
1-14048950 BELOW SPRING
1-14044572 BELOW SPRING
B SPRING GREEN CODE
1-14044572 ABOVE SPRING
1-14048950 ABOVE SPRING
1-14044572 BELOW SPRING
COUPE WITH FE7
A SPRING YELLOW CODE
1-14084056 ABOVE SPRING
2-14048950 BELOW SPRING
B SPRING GREEN CODE
1-14084056 ABOVE SPRING
1-14048950 ABOVE SPRING
1-14048950 BELOW SPRING
CONVERTIBLE
SPRING YELLOW CODE ONLY
2-14044572 ABOVE SPRING
1-14093185 ABOVE SPRING
1-14084056 BELOW SPRING
Good luck on figuring out which shim is which.
Mike
State to make note of spring spacer positioning.
Here are the 1995 codes
Coupe with FE1
A SPRING YELLOW CODE
1-14044572 ABOVE SPRING
1-14048950 BELOW SPRING
1-14044572 BELOW SPRING
B SPRING GREEN CODE
1-14044572 ABOVE SPRING
1-14048950 ABOVE SPRING
1-14044572 BELOW SPRING
COUPE WITH FE7
A SPRING YELLOW CODE
1-14084056 ABOVE SPRING
2-14048950 BELOW SPRING
B SPRING GREEN CODE
1-14084056 ABOVE SPRING
1-14048950 ABOVE SPRING
1-14048950 BELOW SPRING
CONVERTIBLE
SPRING YELLOW CODE ONLY
2-14044572 ABOVE SPRING
1-14093185 ABOVE SPRING
1-14084056 BELOW SPRING
Good luck on figuring out which shim is which.
Mike
Last edited by aboatguy; Aug 12, 2005 at 02:21 PM.
