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Old Jan 5, 2005 | 07:48 PM
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S.Techs settling unevenly...

This has been troubling me for awhile... when me and pgmike put my springs on, the right rear end of the car was higher than the rest... it seemed to settle, but it's still uneven (we did this on the 22nd of December).

What can I do?

Daniel
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Old Jan 5, 2005 | 08:03 PM
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stupid questions, but did you sit the spring in the seat properly?
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Old Jan 5, 2005 | 08:07 PM
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I didn't do the spring on strut install... a shop did...

Daniel
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Old Jan 5, 2005 | 09:34 PM
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if they didnt put the spring on the rubber peice right the spring wont settle correctly. At least that is whay my mistu mechanic friend told me
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Old Jan 6, 2005 | 02:34 AM
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Dammit. I really don't wanna take that whole thing apart again lol.

Daniel

PS it looked fine when I put it in...
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Old Jan 6, 2005 | 05:50 AM
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If a shop did it then bring it back and have them fix it.
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Old Jan 6, 2005 | 12:43 PM
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It seems to be settling itself better now... I checked underneath the car... the spring looks like it's in there fine.

Daniel

PS the shop is in Gainesville I can't just make that trip.
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Old Jan 11, 2005 | 03:09 PM
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there was no difference in the way teh springs sat on the strut on that one than the other side or mien either, so it is very curious
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Old Jan 11, 2005 | 03:53 PM
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Indeed... it's better now, I've been toting people around to put weight on it and it seems to be doing better lol.

Daniel
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