smckeown 1 Posted October 3, 2006 I have a problem in that I seem to have a lot of droop when I jack the front up. So much droop means that the springs come away from the bottom of the strut. This is hindering the corner weighting. Has anyone else got LEDAs and can confirm their struts are so long they have lots of droop also ? The options seem to be to use helper springs or shorter struts... Sean Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
309PUG 2 1 Cars Posted October 3, 2006 I have a problem in that I seem to have a lot of droop when I jack the front up. So much droop means that the springs come away from the bottom of the strut. This is hindering the corner weighting. Has anyone else got LEDAs and can confirm their struts are so long they have lots of droop also ? The options seem to be to use helper springs or shorter struts... Sean I have LEDA coilovers with 9" springs, at there current setting the springs are not loose when front of car is jacked up, however mine is a 309 if that makes any difference. You may have 8" springs ??? I don't understand why this would affect your corner weighting Chris Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
veloce200 3 Posted October 4, 2006 I have LEDA coilovers with 9" springs, at there current setting the springs are not loose when front of car is jacked up, however mine is a 309 if that makes any difference. You may have 8" springs ??? I don't understand why this would affect your corner weighting Chris The excessive droop in the Leda unit means in Seans car it needs either the rod shortened or a helper spring. The problem was there is little point cornerweighting if the springs are loose on droop and also one unit is leaking oil. Can you tell me how far below parallel your wishbone is on full droop? at present I would say Seans units are more suited to the forest than the circuit ! cheers Julian Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
309PUG 2 1 Cars Posted October 5, 2006 The excessive droop in the Leda unit means in Seans car it needs either the rod shortened or a helper spring. The problem was there is little point cornerweighting if the springs are loose on droop and also one unit is leaking oil. Can you tell me how far below parallel your wishbone is on full droop? at present I would say Seans units are more suited to the forest than the circuit ! cheers Julian Hi Julian / Sean On full droop my wishbone is just below parallel, how does that compare ? Also one of my inserts was leaking badly, returned both for an overhaul, got them back within a week, excellent customer service. Sorry still don't understand why loose springs effect cornerweighting, the car is sat on the springs when being weighed. Am I missing something Chris Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
veloce200 3 Posted October 7, 2006 Hi Julian / SeanOn full droop my wishbone is just below parallel, how does that compare ? Also one of my inserts was leaking badly, returned both for an overhaul, got them back within a week, excellent customer service. Sorry still don't understand why loose springs effect cornerweighting, the car is sat on the springs when being weighed. Am I missing something Chris thanks for the info mmm well yours are short like my Gaz, Seans have much more droop. re " Sorry still don't understand why loose springs effect cornerweighting, the car is sat on the springs when being weighed. Am I missing something " springs have to be located on droop and a damper is leaking - no point cornerweighting it when I know it has to be taken apart - thats the reason. If the damper wasn't leaking I still wouldn't have cornerweighted it as it was dislocated on droop! Does this make sense now?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
