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 Tortion Bars?
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astrojon007
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Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 9:25 am

I think you're right mate. Gonna take some piccys asap instead of just telling you guys bout it. I'll try and take pics of the rear mounts n stuff as well.
Dan
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Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 10:22 am

yea as there are some old pics of it in your prog report
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astrojon007
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Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 2:30 am

Gonna go hame and take a pic at lunch. Might borrow one of the cameras from work. Ooh actually I think my dads left his new one at home today. Have a new piccy from the same side same place at lunch.
astrojon007
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Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 5:17 am

Edit: Double post.


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astrojon007
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Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 5:18 am

Photos are here!

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Got two more uploading now.

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Chris H
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Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 5:18 am

you lost a chuck of the rear wheel at the top?
astrojon007
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Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 5:20 am

It's fine, thought it might be rubber on the rim but it's just where the image has been compressed.
schakal
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Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 5:35 am

that looks like its lowered
astrojon007
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Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 5:40 am

I've done nothing but change the dampers since that top pic was taken. The big difference in height there is something gone wrong not something I've changed.
Neal
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Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 6:01 am

Does look a bit low doesnt it! Nice car BTW Wink
schakal
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Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 6:01 am

astrojon007 wrote:
I've done nothing but change the dampers since that top pic was taken. The big difference in height there is something gone wrong not something I've changed.


did you fully pull out the dampers and check they are the same length as the new ones ?

sounds a bit dum but did you fit the rubber bits on top of the dampers properly ???
astrojon007
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Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 6:07 am

Dampers were cheap but they didn't save costs by reducing the lenght that I'm sure of Smile

Seriously tho...the dampers are fine as are the beam mounting points either side, note that the right side is lower than the left as well Confused

You can just make out me new steering wheel n all.
schakal
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Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 6:10 am

what make are the dampers ?? i will buy a pair if they lower the car like that
Neal
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Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 6:14 am

astrojon007 wrote:
note that the right side is lower than the left as well Confused


Ah, you didnt mention this before!

the torsion beam is in 2 halves, if one bar become fractured or otherwise inoperative, then obviously the car then has half the 'spring' force holding it off the floor, making it lower. That remaining spring force would be acting mainly on only one of the wheels so the car would have a list to it as yours does.

Can you get some photos of the beam underneath, on the side that is lower?
astrojon007
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Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 6:18 am

TBH I noticed it was slightly off but not that much. Got worse recently as well. You can see it better in the pics than in real life for some reason, next to each other i guess.

Will try and get a piccy of the beam, from the front or back of the car?
Neal
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Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 6:26 am

Well however you can really, which wont be many ways. Just take pics from a variety of angles.
Chris H
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Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:48 am

yep, looks like 1 has maybe gone. it will stay up due to the other bar trying to hold the whole weight up.
astrojon007
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Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:59 am

More pics!

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Chris H
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Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:04 am

is the bracket in the middle actually touching the beam itself?
astrojon007
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Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:18 am

Just had a butchers and it isn't touching as far as I can tell.
Chris H
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Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:21 am

its looks very close, smoethings gone wonky mate!

pop the end caps off the torsion bar and get a pic.
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