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JJ914
post Mar 26 2006, 04:02 PM
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Hey here is my problem. The left rear ride height is about one inch lower than the right( 24 right- 23 left). The rest of the problem is that the left rear wheel is cambered in. I put a level on the right wheel and it is straight vertically but the left is quite pitched in. I have already changed the springs and no change. Could an alignment fix this problem. And before you ask there is no rust in the consoles. can the rear ride height be adjusted, that would fix one problem. I have seen the wedge shape shimes for the rear. Also the top of the left tire is very near the fender and the right has a normal gap. I dont know where to go next. HELP!!!
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post Mar 26 2006, 04:04 PM
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post Mar 26 2006, 04:05 PM
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post Mar 26 2006, 04:06 PM
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post Mar 26 2006, 04:35 PM
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Have you gotten under there and inspected the suspension console for cracks or other broken components?
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post Mar 26 2006, 04:40 PM
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I looked at it when I had the motor out and everything looks OK to me.
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post Mar 26 2006, 04:41 PM
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I vote for a bad suspension bushing. Jack up the car and wiggle the trailling arm, look closely at the inside of the pivot.
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post Mar 26 2006, 05:03 PM
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Hey

2 quick things to check

Alignment will make a big difference, as will the place where the shims are installed, make sure everything is tight, not rusted there.
On the console, where the big nut is, make sure the hole is not ovalled. The nuts get loose time to time.

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post Mar 26 2006, 05:37 PM
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post Mar 26 2006, 08:35 PM
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OK very good I will check those thing as soon as I can. And sometimes I hear a creeking squeaking sound from that general area, like when letting it down off jacks. Then its ok till I do something like jack it up again. I guess the alignment on this car needs to be done by someone other than Sears (no hard feels Sears). Anybody know someone in eastern N.C. that can align a 914???
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post Mar 27 2006, 04:34 PM
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I jacked up the car today and checked out the bushings, everything is tight and there was no play in it. The bolt at the shims where good and tight and no rust. I inspected the console again and everything looks fine. Anymore ideas
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post Mar 27 2006, 04:40 PM
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i'm curious also.

what exactly are the adjustments that can be made on the rear suspension? besides ride height. anyone? =-)

i ask for the same reason. got my new wheels on and one corner has more camber than the other and i'd like to adjust it out. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ph34r.gif)
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post Mar 27 2006, 07:27 PM
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Add shims, less camber.

They are available in the resources section of this site.

The rear can be adjusted.
Ride height
Caster/Camber
toe in/toe out

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post Mar 27 2006, 08:32 PM
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take off the wheel and shoot some pics in there ...

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post Mar 27 2006, 08:53 PM
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Well one thing you can do is take a shim from the side that is near straight up and put on the side that is cambered too much.

This will get them a little closer but probably not exact.

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As mentioned before. be carefull screwing around with rear suspension. you can REALLY affect the handling of your car is a VERY BAD way. You do not want to have the rear wheels toed out.
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post Mar 27 2006, 09:02 PM
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A good alignment guy will make all the settings right for camber, caster, and toe, then level the car using the front adjusters. To raise the right rear, you lower the left front. The Cap'n
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post Mar 27 2006, 10:50 PM
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I just put some washers in on the bad side, and it seemed to help a lot. There was just one thin shim there. I measured the wheel distance just as Joe said it did move but i got it back to the same place. Using a bubble level both rear wheel cambers are about the same. I know not exact by any mean but with the same method this afternoon it was eral bad on the left side. So it look like I have a bad alignment problem. Will try adjusting ride height a little tommorow.
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post Mar 28 2006, 07:19 AM
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This might be quite a ride for you, but there is a guy in Durham that I take my car to for alignments. He is a suspension shop that caters mostly to Porsches. He has had several 914s, so knows these cars well. It may be worth your ride up to see him, he also has a set of scales so you can have him corner balance it as well. The name of the shop is "Digital Chassis" and his name is Brad Moyer.....(919)384-7070. He is real busy, so you may need to call him more than once.
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post Mar 28 2006, 02:06 PM
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Cool thats about an hour and a half from here, so that will work out great. I am putting the new wheels and tires on this weekend so I will give him a call and get it up there.
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