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10-05-2020 #1
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Uneven rear spring preload
Im running a speedtech torque arm rear with ridetech coilovers. I have almost an inch maybe more preload in the passenger side spring to get it to the same ride height at the drivers side. I cant think of any logical reason for this other than maybe a bad spring. Thoughts?
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It takes scales to properly set up springs.....
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Yeah to do it 100% it would take scales. Out of all the coil-over setups I have run on different vehicles in the past this is the only one that took significantly more preload on one side than the other.
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What do the preloads look like on the front? Both the same?
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FWIW my 67 Chevy II has coilovers and one of the rear springs seem to be an inch more compressed than the other. When I finally put it on scales the rear weights were within 14lbs.
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Yeah the fronts are pretty close to even.
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Did you disconnect front and rear sway bars before leveling or setting preload?
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