85 tilts to drivers side??
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85 tilts to drivers side??
I noticed that the body seems to tilt to the drivers side. I measured from the top of the rear tire to the bottom of the wheel well and sure enough there is about a one inch difference. I put 4 newshocks on it and no help. I took it to my mechanic, he looked it over for 2 days and came up with nothing. He said nothing is worn out,everything measures ok, it just tilts... I'm stumped, any ideas?
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Re: 85 tilts to drivers side?? (funshin85)
I noticed that the body seems to tilt to the drivers side. I measured from the top of the rear tire to the bottom of the wheel well and sure enough there is about a one inch difference. I put 4 newshocks on it and no help. I took it to my mechanic, he looked it over for 2 days and came up with nothing. He said nothing is worn out,everything measures ok, it just tilts... I'm stumped, any ideas?
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Re: 85 tilts to drivers side?? (funshin85)
:cheers: Welcome to the world of "vette lore'
Almost all of the C4's tilt!
There are lots of reasons advanced, but nothing firm. Sometimes they tilt more than other times,
It's a ghost, enjoy
:seeya
:steering:
Almost all of the C4's tilt!
There are lots of reasons advanced, but nothing firm. Sometimes they tilt more than other times,
It's a ghost, enjoy
:seeya
:steering:
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Re: 85 tilts to drivers side?? (funshin85)
My '85 was about 3/4" higher on the right front than the left when I got
it a couple years ago. I don't know the history of the car, but I took the
entire front end apart to rebuild/restore and found that there were more
shims under the right side hood hinge than the left. When I put the hood
and body panels back on I left out some of the shims on the right and
re-aligned the bumper, hood and fenders and it is less than a quarter
inch off now. Looks much better.
Dan
it a couple years ago. I don't know the history of the car, but I took the
entire front end apart to rebuild/restore and found that there were more
shims under the right side hood hinge than the left. When I put the hood
and body panels back on I left out some of the shims on the right and
re-aligned the bumper, hood and fenders and it is less than a quarter
inch off now. Looks much better.
Dan
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Re: 85 tilts to drivers side?? (funshin85)
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=623012
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=626715
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=600568 Check out these threads. You can't measure the from the body on a c4. You have to compare hard part locations.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=626715
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=600568 Check out these threads. You can't measure the from the body on a c4. You have to compare hard part locations.