Miata Mailing List: October 1996, Message #0124
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   From: Archie Glasgow 

Subject: Re: Leaning car / rubber bushings. -Reply

   Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 15:23:38 -0500



At 10:54 AM 10/2/96 -0500, John Snyder wrote:



>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?





I have a question more than an answer. What would happen if you just swapped

the front or just the back springs left to right? Would this not make it

even? I have no idea how this might affect the "drivability" but I think it

might make it level. If normally you are alone during "spirited driving"

then I would change the front so that the stronger spring will be on the

driver front. It just makes sense to me that the drivers weight should go on

the freshest spring when that corner is taking the weight. The passenger

side won't have the added "people weight" when it is receiving load in an

opposite turn.

                                                                            

             Regards

                                                                            

                  Arch













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