Spring plate angle??

40 scout · Post by **40 scout** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 2:42 pm

I'm about to refit my rear spring plates after powdercoating - question is, assuming the car is jacked up so the cills are level, what angle should the spring plates be set at to obtain a slightly lowered rear end

Ive got an anglefinder i can use in situ.

Sorry but I didn't mark anything when I stripped it

and yes the shaft came off the inner splines.

Mike at PRS maybe

Steve

nickT · Post by **nickT** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 3:56 pm

Hi Steve,
from memory the standard angle of the spring plates when not under load is 13 degrees, I did mine 'by eye' and it worked fine.
Also bare in mind that the drivers side torsion bare might have lost some of it's spring letting the car sit 'onthepiss', (technical term)
Good luck Nick.

rocket280 · Post by **rocket280** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 11:46 am

Hi steve, I did mark mine when I stripped them. I also photographed the angle that they sat at when I had striped all the parts off but still connected to the splines if you need a coppy of this photo let me know and I will email it to you. Mine was standard hight before I stripped it down. cheers jason

40 scout · Post by **40 scout** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 11:49 am

'BY EYE' - 'ONTHEPISS' its tech terms like this that keep me in the garage - pushing the boundries

Cheers Nick

40 scout · Post by **40 scout** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 11:51 am

Thanks Jason

A photo would be useful too

- I'm at sidevalvesteve@hotmail.co.uk

Cheers

Steve

912uk · Post by **912uk** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 12:04 pm

ops

I done the same I just took all the bits off..ops

Paul @ P R Services · Post by **Paul @ P R Services** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:54 pm

With the car level at the inner part of the step sill.
(This about to get complicated)
When I say step sill, I mean where the carpet meets the ali just above the lower rubber seal.
The arms should be 15.75% for standard road height.
DON'T use the diemension in the original factory manuals as it is wrong.

I asume that you realise that you have different numbers of splines on the inner and outter. This allows for you to get spot on by turning the inner one way and the spring plate another.

Best of luck and remember,, free advise is but a phone call away

Happy New Year

Paul.

40 scout · Post by **40 scout** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 5:02 pm

Thanks Paul

Steve

Graham · Post by **Graham** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 11:31 pm

I think If you take your time you can adjust them down to within 1/2 a degree,ive always tended to go the 1/2 a degree extra on the drivers side.

I use a modified Hilger and Watts angle measurer which is very accurate.

1958tub · Post by **1958tub** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 4:52 am

I did the angle and "by eye" thing when installing mine only to find that once I had the engine installed, it just didn't look right. Regardless of the angle, the camber will change depending on the angle of the arms relative to the frame of the car. I took all kinds of measurements on disassembly and it didn't help a bit.

After the engine was installed, I played with the splines again until I had 0 camber. You can get pretty close to this by using a level against the wall of the tires.

40 scout · Post by **40 scout** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 9:08 pm

Thanks Guys - really appreciate all the valuable info

Steve

356boy · Post by **356boy** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:18 pm

thanks for the info paul, finally got my suspension sorted from this

to this

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hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:33 pm

slam away

Cubist would be proud

356boy · Post by **356boy** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:55 pm

infact since this picture i've raised it half an inch

Rustbucket · Post by **Rustbucket** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:49 am

was the front hard to drop ?
I will be doing mine but can remember a thread last year about having to have all your mates in the front to weigh it down enough