one side lower than the other...

1. Barry123 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Oct 2005 Aycliffe Posts: 32205 Saxo VTS

   #1 11th February 2007, 02:44

   Back at one of the yorkshire meets Saxo180 (Craig) asked why do some of the saxo's look lower on oneside even with nobody in the car.
   
   Obviously its hard to tell when driving, but does anyone else think their car seems to sit slightly uneven.
   
   Mine has done ~70k but half of that for me was with other people in the car (evening the weight out) + im not a P H A T bastard
2. R4T Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 4630

   #2 11th February 2007, 03:03

   what i can see is happening mate is alot of people are lowering the torsion bars and not replacing the dampers,the dampers get old or leaky and dont hold the weight of the car proper so for example 1 side may have a fookd damper therefore sitting lower because its lost its oil or its just dead,thats the only reason i can think of!
3. beastgtir Established Member Joined: Apr 2006 birmingham Posts: 2178 Soon to be another Honda!

   #3 11th February 2007, 03:16

   Always hit the passenger side into the kerb causing the spring to compress!
4. user_8040 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2005 MaDchester Posts: 8432 Vts

   #4 11th February 2007, 03:55

   ye think mine does it slightly, just anober saxo prob suppose
5. Mark51p Super Moderator Joined: Sep 2006 Wakefield Posts: 14427 Golf GT

   #5 11th February 2007, 07:11

   could this not be caused by lowering the rear the Clicky way?
6. Sean Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Feb 2005 St Andrews United Kingdom (Scotland) Posts: 7384 Green mk1 vtr/s and Focus zetec

   #6 11th February 2007, 11:52

   as above- it's of the biggest problems of lowering by notches, both sides end up uneven. another reason is worn axle bearings which sag and again cause one side to appear lower than the other.
7. Barry123 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Oct 2005 Aycliffe Posts: 32205 Saxo VTS

   #7 11th February 2007, 12:28

   mine isnt lowered and my old pug had a similar prob (though it was a bit older)
8. sim69er South Wales Joined: Jan 2005 The Valley's init Posts: 3601 vtr mk2

   #8 11th February 2007, 13:29

   im worried about this happening when i lower my car but whenever i ask how do you lower it all the garages say the same thing by clicks
9. daveg_vtr Frequent Poster Joined: Dec 2005 scottish borders United Kingdom (Scotland) Posts: 684 corsa sport

   #9 11th February 2007, 15:07

   i got told by the engineer at the citroen garage it's something to do with one torsion bar being in front of the other so they never match 100%,but not sure if that was just his excuse after he'd lowered mine as it sat down lower on the drivers side. what side is most peoples lower on that have this problem?