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dave 411
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 Adjusting suspension I have overhauled my suspension cans and fitted them back on the car.Is there any better way of setting up the cans than described in the Haynes mannual?
By this I mean adjusting the tubes that the big nuts are on.
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ken
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Re: Adjusting suspension dave, the instructions given in Haynes for setting up the position of the rear end stop are fine, except that they might have added a reminder that the car should be unladen and with only 5 litres of fuel in the tank. Btw, did you cut the cans open? ken dave 411 wrote: I have overhauled my suspension cans and fitted them back on the car.Is there any better way of setting up the cans than described in the Haynes mannual?
By this I mean adjusting the tubes that the big nuts are on.
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dave 411
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Re: Adjusting suspension Hi Ken,yes,I ground the ends off to get the springs out.The cans and everything else are all new.
Thanks for reply.
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ken
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Re: Adjusting suspension dave, longer springs at the front, I hope...  ken dave 411 wrote: Hi Ken,yes,I ground the ends off to get the springs out.The cans and everything else are all new.
Thanks for reply.
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dave 411
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Re: Adjusting suspension Yep,but now you have me thinking,was it long spring,short tie rod to front,or short spring,long tie rod to front,oh ffs,I'll have to go to the garage and check or else I won't sleep tonight 
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dave 411
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Re: Adjusting suspension Phew,its O.K.short tie rod and long spring at the front.  Thanks Ken 
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Russell
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Re: Adjusting suspension Is it short tie rod, or does the rod seem shorter as there's more of it in the can because the spring's longer?
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dave 411
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Re: Adjusting suspension Stop it now,you are making me doubt myself.  IT WAS MOST DEFINATELY LONG SPRING, SHORT TIE ROD AT THE FRONT. Yep,no doubt about it.
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Chris 2cv
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Re: Adjusting suspension Quote: dave 411
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:36 pm
Re: Adjusting suspension
Stop it now,you are making me doubt myself.
IT WAS MOST DEFINATELY LONG SPRING, SHORT TIE ROD AT THE FRONT.
Yep,no doubt about it.
Positive?? 
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Sean
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Re: Adjusting suspension 50:50?
Phone a friend?
da da da-dum!!
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