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PDACPA 06-20-2002 09:09 AM

Does anyone have a picture of the nut that needs to be turned to lower the front?

I looked briefly this morning, but am not sure I am looking at the right thing.

pbs911 06-20-2002 09:28 AM

It's number 19 on the diagram below.

http://www.pelicanparts.com/911/911_Parts/1974-75/4-1.JPG

pwm74 06-20-2002 10:18 AM

pdapca, we want better pics of your new wheel setup

PDACPA 06-20-2002 12:19 PM

I get home too late for a good picture. I will drive the car to work tomorrow and take some shots in the Florida sun. I will post here and with a link to a web page that has them.

Bill Douglas 06-20-2002 06:31 PM

Have you seen te movie Shallow Hal. Get a girlfriend like that and it will bring the front of the car down alright.

Fishcop 06-20-2002 07:50 PM

LOL Bill, you are a sad man!

TedSlick 06-21-2002 12:32 AM

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Tim L 06-21-2002 05:42 AM

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This is the nut.


Tim

PDACPA 06-21-2002 07:02 AM

Tim

Thanks for the photo, but I cranked that nut on both sides and the car did not move even a 1/4 of an inch.

Funny thing is, passenger side is 1/2 higher than the drivers.

I turned the nut both ways and kept measuring. Absolutely no change.

I was measuring the center of the wheel well opening to the floor of my flat garage.

Any advice would be appreciated!

Tim L 06-21-2002 07:12 AM

That's the bolt you need to turn. Counter clockwise lowers the car. It may take 2-3 turns to lower it ½ inch. If you get to the end of travel. You can take that bolt all the way out then pull that end cap off and re-index it on the end of the torsion bar.

Tim

PDACPA 06-21-2002 07:22 AM

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I am not having luck uploading pics to pelicans owner gallery.

Here is a picture of the front wheel.

I will try and resize a picture of the whole car in the next post.

PDACPA 06-21-2002 07:24 AM

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Side view of the car.

pwm74 06-21-2002 07:34 AM

very nice,

PDACPA 06-21-2002 07:39 AM

Thanks.

I will run home at lunch and give it a few cranks to see if it drops. I know I did at least 5 or 6 and the car did not move. I even pressed the bumper down to see if it just had not settled. Maybe driving to work helped.

sammyg2 06-21-2002 07:41 AM

If that bolt is out of adjustment, it will not lower the car any further. If that is the case, you would have to re-index the spline on it.
When adjusting the height, it will proably not lower as much as you expect until you roll the wheels. I use alignment pivot plates when i did mine, the other option is to make an adjustment, move the car at least 20 feet, then re-check.
If one fender is 1/2" higher than the other I would suggest you take it to a qualified shop for lowering, alignment, and corner balance. Something is either tweaked or out of adjustment big time.

If it is out of adjustment that far the car will handle like crap and may even pull to one side, especially under hard braking. The result would be possible unsafe driving characteristics and bad tire wear.

PDACPA 06-21-2002 07:45 AM

Thanks Sam.

I was planning on having my mechanic align and corner balance, so maybe I should add the lowering too.

Does anyone know how to make my url to my pelican gallery show up as a link?


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