Can someone explain lowering the car by Splines?

1. silver_saxo Frequent Poster Joined: Oct 2005 Exeter/Surrey United Kingdom (England) Posts: 883

   #1 20th March 2007, 09:54

   I know its the wrong way but i'm getting a garage to fit my suspension kit today and i want to make sure thay do it properly.
   
   I understand the correct way but if they explain by splines i want to know what they are talking about so i can tell them they are wrong!
   
   So how do you lower the car by splines, how does it work?!
   
   Think that makes sense!
2. chrismurra Frequent Poster Joined: Jan 2007 cumbria uk Posts: 812 white saxo VTS

   #2 20th March 2007, 10:32

   the right way
   http://www.badgermotorsport.co.uk/lowering.htm
   
   the wrong way involves knocking the whole rear arm off and then turning it at jsut one end a few splines and then forcing the arm back on on the other end. its a cowboy way of doign the job and will not give an accurate level each side. also doign it that way also normally causes the bearings to fail not long after as it normally damages the seals
   
   hope this helps someone told me about this way it helped me
3. djrem Saxperience Addict Joined: Feb 2007 Ramsden Bellhouse (Billericay) Posts: 12826 Various.

   #3 20th March 2007, 10:37

   hydraulics
   
   but pffft. its expensive.
4. stevenet15 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2006 aylesbury buckinghamshire Posts: 4822 Astra Turbo, saxo vts, punto turbo

   #4 20th March 2007, 11:37

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by chrismurra the right way http://www.badgermotorsport.co.uk/lowering.htm the wrong way involves knocking the whole rear arm off and then turning it at jsut one end a few splines and then forcing the arm back on on the other end. its a cowboy way of doign the job and will not give an accurate level each side. also doign it that way also normally causes the bearings to fail not long after as it normally damages the seals hope this helps someone told me about this way it helped me

   lol thats what i wrote in your thread
5. chrismurra Frequent Poster Joined: Jan 2007 cumbria uk Posts: 812 white saxo VTS

   #5 20th March 2007, 11:49

   yer i know mate i just copyed it for him because it helped me out a lot, and no one was replying to him
6. silver_saxo Frequent Poster Joined: Oct 2005 Exeter/Surrey United Kingdom (England) Posts: 883

   #6 20th March 2007, 11:53

   Cheers guys, the bloke said he was going to adjust it by splines....so i said that is the wrong way...he went into it and said it involves removing the torsion bars and using a dummy damper to set the height...sound right?
7. stevenet15 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2006 aylesbury buckinghamshire Posts: 4822 Astra Turbo, saxo vts, punto turbo

   #7 20th March 2007, 11:57

   he dont need a dummy damper, jsut put a jack under the rear arm and raise the arm to the correct amount and then put the torsion bars back in. get the job done right it pays off in the long run
8. SeanVTR Regular Poster Joined: Mar 2007 Grimsby,UK Posts: 260 1st. Pug 106 Current. Saxo vtr

   #8 20th March 2007, 18:38

   ppl might have a go at me 4 this but i lowerd my car using the splines way, i was changing the bearings anyway as thy had lots of play in (deffinatly MOT FAIL) so it was alrady stripped. seems fine tho both the same hight and rides spot on no probs!