Escort Rear Shock Installation Issue

[beamishnz]

Just finished install of Escort supension and scratching my head a bit about the difference in clearance from LH and RH shocks. the RH shock has a 2 - 3mm clearance at the top between the spring seat and the torsion tube cantilever arm, yet on the LH side it is under 1mm.

The Escort rear shocks have an offset top and bottom to provide clearance to the cantilever arm and the respectively trailing arm. I've doule checked both ends are turned the correct way to maximise clearance.

I've loosed up torsion tube chassis mounts on both side and seen if there is any play there to shift the suspension left/right but minimal and in any event doesn't sem to make a difference.

I'm about to swap the shocks over left to right to verify if the issue is with the shocks or the rear suspension geometry.

Am I missing anything?

LH clearance - Very tight!




RH clearance 2 - 3mm

[flash968]

welcome to the world of a hand built car.

you may have to shave one side and shim the other

[beamishnz]

Originally Posted by flash968

welcome to the world of a hand built car.

you may have to shave one side and shim the other

Do you mean shave/shim at the top of the shock? Otherwise I could look at packing/adjusting the top mounting block of the torsion tube extension to pull that blade out slightly.

Mmmmm .... still feel there is something wrong somewhere. Haven't had a chance yet to swap the shocks over to see if there is anything going on with the shocks themselves.

It's mothers day here in NZ ... so I'm off car duty and back onto dutiful son duties

[flash968]

my blue car was slightly different left to right as well. i have different shocks (hate bilsteins), so a different solution, but still the same initial issue.

one thing to check is if it is that close when the wheel is not dropped. you may not really have a problem

[beamishnz]

Checked that and might be a tiny bit better under load ... maybe 1mm clearance but still much tighter than the RH side. I'm wondering if it maybe to do with the LH side having more camber on the rear wheel. Camber is all over the place at the moment, because just had the suspension apart to reindex the rear torsion bars to factory cup car spec for running with escort rear supension. 9 degree spring plate angle (vs 18 deg stock).

I'll get levels set and get it aligned and then have another look

Thanks for your input. Appreciate it,