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| Jamie |
 Jul 16 2014, 08:10 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 1,031 Joined: 13-October 04 From: Georgetown,KY Member No.: 2,939 Region Association: South East States 
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I tried multiple searches without any results even close to the subject?
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| wndsnd |
Jul 16 2014, 08:36 PM
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You wanted a horse, but got a goat. Nobody wants a goat.... Group: Members Posts: 2,861 Joined: 12-February 12 From: North Shore, MA Member No.: 14,124 Region Association: North East States  |
Adjusting the torsion bars raises and lowers the front ride height.
More knowledgeable guys will tell you the procedure and if you will need a realignment. John |
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| SirAndy |
Jul 16 2014, 08:45 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,641 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
11mm socket on a wrench, then get under the car, there is an adjuster nut on each side where the torsion bar tube meets the crossmember.
Tighten to raise the car, loosen to lower the car. Note that any major change in ride height should be followed by at least a 4 wheel alignment, better yet a corner balance and then an alignment. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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| mepstein |
Jul 16 2014, 08:55 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,272 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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Early cars use an allen wrench. Can be done without jacking up the car. Just reach in and loosen the bolt.
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| pcar916 |
Jul 16 2014, 09:12 PM
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Is that a Lola? Group: Members Posts: 1,523 Joined: 2-June 05 From: Little Rock, AR Member No.: 4,188 Region Association: None
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Anti-swaybars need to be unhooked as well if you've got them.
Good luck |
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| 913B |
Jul 16 2014, 10:11 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 847 Joined: 25-April 05 From: South Bay/SoCal Member No.: 3,983 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(pcar916 @ Jul 16 2014, 08:12 PM)  Anti-swaybars need to be unhooked as well if you've got them. Good luck Would loosening the sway bar suffice. Those brackets and drop links are a pain to re - connect (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) |
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| SirAndy |
Jul 17 2014, 02:09 AM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,641 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(porsche913b_sp @ Jul 16 2014, 09:11 PM) Would loosening the sway bar suffice. Those brackets and drop links are a pain to re - connect (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) Probably not. You can get away with just disconnecting one droplink, that is enough. All you want is to get rid of any potential pre-load from the swaybar(s) ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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