| Flame1939 | -- 11-11-2018 @ 5:24 AM |
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I have a 40 convertible that we restored about 8 years ago. I always sensed it was a bit lower on the driver side. Putting a level on the car it is def lower. I'm wondering if it is in the camber adjustment? Not sure if the older shocks would let it settle this much. Appreciate you views! Thanks
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| cliftford | -- 11-11-2018 @ 5:51 AM |
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There is no camber adjustment, and shocks would not affect the height. More likely would be the front spring or it might not be clamped tight in the cross member.
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| kubes40 | -- 11-11-2018 @ 4:50 PM |
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My guess is the spring is the old one and you did not "restore" that part of the car. One side of the car, typically the driver side, will tend to sag more than the passenger side. Simply because that's where most of the weight had been applied during the past 75+ years. Without installing a new spring, that sag you are experiencing won't go away. Shocks, as has been previously mentioned, will not lift a car nor cause it to sag. There is in fact an adjustment for camber but that is NOT the issue here. Mike "Kube" Kubarth
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| Flame1939 | -- 11-12-2018 @ 4:36 AM |
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Thanks
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| GK1918 | -- 11-13-2018 @ 4:32 AM |
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I don't know, but my son has a Model A thats low like your car. It was found if for example going over a bump on that wheel the wheel goes up and stayed up. We jack it up and wack the shock down. So that shock is defiantly froze up, can't even move the arm when in a vise. So its worth looking into sam
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| shogun1940 | -- 11-18-2018 @ 9:53 AM |
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Well you can swap the spring from side to side to see if it is the spring or commit a sin and shimm between the spring and the mounting cross member as a temporary fix.
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