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I have a 69 camaro with QA1 bolt in coil over shocks on the front of the car. After looking at both sides , the pass side collar is about 1 to 1.25 inches higher as compared to the driver's side. Yet the car sits level side to side. However, under hard braking the car will pull to the right and driving at high speed it will pull to the right.
All the suspension components are in good shape as are the brakes. Before I start pulling stuff apart, should the collars end up being set about equal side to side once the ride height is set? Something doesn't seem right with this one side of the car.
dhutton
10-12-2010, 04:01 PM
Could it be something like your control arm bushings binding on one side versus the other? Were they replaced at some point? I think if your subframe bushings are worn it could also cause something like this.
It could be, I'm going to take a closer look at my busings and the calipers, rotors, maybe it needs to be bled again.
MrQuick
10-12-2010, 08:49 PM
I have a 69 camaro with QA1 bolt in coil over shocks on the front of the car. After looking at both sides , the pass side collar is about 1 to 1.25 inches higher as compared to the driver's side. Yet the car sits level side to side. However, under hard braking the car will pull to the right and driving at high speed it will pull to the right.
All the suspension components are in good shape as are the brakes. Before I start pulling stuff apart, should the collars end up being set about equal side to side once the ride height is set? Something doesn't seem right with this one side of the car.
normal unless your car is the same weight left front and right front.
the pull can be a brake or toe issue.
dhutton
10-13-2010, 03:51 AM
Assuming a spring rate of around 500lb/in doesn't that mean a difference of something like 500 pounds on one side versus the other? That seems huge to me. With rear springs I could see it where rates are much lower but it seems like a lot on the front. Do you know what the spring rate is on the QA1's?
not sure what the spring rate is, its just the stock rate that comes with those shocks. I think I will give QA1 a call just to confirm that nothing funny is going on.
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