HELP. car leans to drivers side!
02-19-2006 | 02:51 PM
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HELP. car leans to drivers side!
when u look from the back of the car. the car is leaning tilted towards the drivers side. its pretty noticeable. but i was wondering if it was the shocks or springs? my guess would be the springs. thx
02-20-2006 | 11:55 PM
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From what i read, its probably your springs, it could be a broken suspension part too but if its visually noticable and you haven't been in an accident id say its springs. Its funny, car manufactuare offset the weight of the driver in the car by putting the battery on the opposite side but over many many miles of driving and the majority of it without a passenger your car will tend to lean to the drivers side . The Z also has a small problem with time and suspension with the shock towers moving inward upfront due to mile upon mile of pressure pushing against the unibody support. In an airplane this would be called metal fatigue and its why after so many hours an airplane is retired, that and its too expensive to fix compared to replace. The great thing about cars is you can add a support brace that you can attach between the front and rear shock towers. This is said to increase the rigidity of the vehicle quite a bit. Rigidity is good because the less the body flexes the better the suspension should work. The shop manual has a series of mesurements you can take that will tell you if your car is suffering from this condition. If it is you can go to a frame shop and they can pull it back out if they are fairly competant. But this is probably making a mountain out of a molehill, as its probably your springs.
02-21-2006 | 01:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Goofyz
From what i read, its probably your springs, it could be a broken suspension part too but if its visually noticable and you haven't been in an accident id say its springs. Its funny, car manufactuare offset the weight of the driver in the car by putting the battery on the opposite side but over many many miles of driving and the majority of it without a passenger your car will tend to lean to the drivers side . The Z also has a small problem with time and suspension with the shock towers moving inward upfront due to mile upon mile of pressure pushing against the unibody support. In an airplane this would be called metal fatigue and its why after so many hours an airplane is retired, that and its too expensive to fix compared to replace. The great thing about cars is you can add a support brace that you can attach between the front and rear shock towers. This is said to increase the rigidity of the vehicle quite a bit. Rigidity is good because the less the body flexes the better the suspension should work. The shop manual has a series of mesurements you can take that will tell you if your car is suffering from this condition. If it is you can go to a frame shop and they can pull it back out if they are fairly competant. But this is probably making a mountain out of a molehill, as its probably your springs.
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