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luke89

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Hi folks,

My car sits about 10-15mm lower on the drivers side rear than the nearside rear and I have been informed it is most likely the rear shocks?

Now I would like to rectify this however If its a case of removing the rear beam to do so I won't have the time. I'm handy enough with a set of spanners but my tools and lifting gear are all in Blackpool at my parents house and I'm living in Manchester so its a 2 hour job just getting the gear together which isn't great when I have one day a week off!

If the shocks can be removed without taking the whole rear beam off I think I will tackle the job myself.


Cheers!
Posted 17th Oct 2014 at 18:43
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allanallen

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Rear shocks come off easily, you don't need the beam off. Ride height is determined by the torsion bars(springs) not the dampers. A knackered damper may give a slight discrepancy in ride height but probably not 15mm.

Remove both dampers with the car on flat ground and re-check your ride height.

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Posted 17th Oct 2014 at 20:48
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bigbadbowen

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Sounds like bearings in beam are shot new shocks won't help
Posted 17th Oct 2014 at 21:04
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jord294

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bigbadbowen wrote:
Sounds like bearings in beam are shot new shocks won't help


I agree Thumbs up

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Posted 17th Oct 2014 at 22:37
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luke89

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The service history has a receipt for a rear beam overhaul less than 2k ago which tends to make me thing either they didn't change the bearing OR they did a crap job of resetting the rear beam.
Posted 17th Oct 2014 at 23:47
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allanallen

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Sounds like they've just set it wrong or fitted the arb with a load of preload perhaps. Should be easy enough to rectify although a bit more involved than changing the dampers.

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Posted 18th Oct 2014 at 07:05
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luke89

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How much would you charge to have a look at it Allan? You aren't a million miles away.
Posted 18th Oct 2014 at 12:44
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chiefton

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Iv had a few iv worked on thst sit lower/higher on both/one side because of knackered shocks,but as with anything you wont know till you look properly

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Posted 18th Oct 2014 at 13:47
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