Ride Height

[chrisd87]

Today I replaced the eyebolt bushes on the passenger side, having replaced the driver's side a few weeks ago. Unfortunately as I was doing it, the suspension arm slid off the back of the splines on the torsion bar and I lost the correct setting. I've put it all back together but haven't got it quite right as the suspension on that side is now a bit higher, with about 5 inches between the top of the tyre and the wheelarch as opposed to ~4 inches on the other side. Looking at the position of the damper arm in relation to the lower bump stop though, I wondered if the new setting is in fact the correct one, as it would give more suspension movement? Also, how many splines would I need to go up/down to remedy this problem?

[bmcecosse]

I suspect you are one spline too high. The other side will be dragging it down slightly. One spline drops the car about 1.5".

[mike.perry]

The moral of the story is to mark the arm and bar with tippex etc before removal.

[MarkyB]

I never had much success using that method, removing the arm removed all the Tippex from the splines too.