Miata Mailing List: October 1996, Message #0100
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   From: John Snyder 

Subject: Leaning car / rubber bushings. -Reply

   Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 10:54:45 -0500



Sounds to me like its perfectly set up for the Pike's Peak Hill Climb.  :-)



John Snyder and Rotus (who is Democratic without leaning to the left)

92 Yellow A+

Team NamVet

jsnyder@trmx3.dot.ca.gov



>>> "Fletcher Blades"  10/01/96 07:29pm

>>>



Well, I previously posted that my car was leaning towards the driver, by   

nearly an inch, and I thought it was because of the way I installed new   

shock absorbers on un-level ground.



BZZT... Wrong.



I just loosened off the shock mounts, bounced the car a few times but it   

doesn't settle level.



I now suspect that the springs are worn on my side(as suggested by Larry   

Alster). Is this normal for a car that has done only 85,000 km (53,000   

miles)?



I cant afford new springs right now, so will probably swap the springs   

left to right, so hopefully it will look level when I sit in it.



Has anybody else got any other Ideas?



I dont want to chop the springs, what about inserting shims on the low   

side? Could it have been something else I got wrong when replacing the   

shocks? Is it really a problem anyway (apart from cosmetically)?



Thanks,



Fletch.



Perhaps I should go to Italy and park next to the tower of Pisa?

















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