Ride height alittle high after sitting on jack stands?
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Ride height alittle high after sitting on jack stands?
Car's been on jack stands for two months.
The front ride height seems to be alittle high, is that because it aint had any weight on it? i'm just double checking myself, the front was the only thing jacked up.
The front ride height seems to be alittle high, is that because it aint had any weight on it? i'm just double checking myself, the front was the only thing jacked up.
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Re: Ride height alittle high after sitting on jack stands?
I imagine you lowered the car with the parking brake engaged as well. Odds are rear suspension is loaded/bound up.
Disengage the parking brake. Roll the car forward & backwards. Push down on all four corners of the car. Suspension should settle out.
Disengage the parking brake. Roll the car forward & backwards. Push down on all four corners of the car. Suspension should settle out.
Re: Ride height alittle high after sitting on jack stands?
It's not really a good idea to store your car on jack-stands. While it does protect the tires from flat-spotting, it will do damage to the suspension bushings. The bushings should be set from the factory to have NO twist on them when the car is at ride height. If you lift the car up off the ground, the springs push down on the suspension and bushings twist. If you store them like that for a long peroid of time, the rubber can deteriorate.
Personally I would leave the car on the ground and fill the tires to MAX psi for storage...
Personally I would leave the car on the ground and fill the tires to MAX psi for storage...
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Re: Ride height alittle high after sitting on jack stands?
It's not really a good idea to store your car on jack-stands. While it does protect the tires from flat-spotting, it will do damage to the suspension bushings. The bushings should be set from the factory to have NO twist on them when the car is at ride height. If you lift the car up off the ground, the springs push down on the suspension and bushings twist. If you store them like that for a long peroid of time, the rubber can deteriorate.
Personally I would leave the car on the ground and fill the tires to MAX psi for storage...
Personally I would leave the car on the ground and fill the tires to MAX psi for storage...
Though, after 2 years of storage the tires in my weekend car have flat spotted, even inflated to max pressure. But tires are much easier and cheaper to replace than suspension bushings...
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Re: Ride height alittle high after sitting on jack stands?
Probably. I'm going to get it running again this weekend.
But, even if they don't, 155/80-13s ain't exactly expensive enough to worry about. No good tire comes in that size (any more), so all I can buy are cheap crappy tires anyway.
But, even if they don't, 155/80-13s ain't exactly expensive enough to worry about. No good tire comes in that size (any more), so all I can buy are cheap crappy tires anyway.
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Here is an interesting article out of the Acura ServiceNews Bulletin for July 2009 (Page-2):
http://www.in.honda.com/Rjanisis/pubs/SN/B090700.PDF
Dampers Lock Up After
Lowering Vehicle on a Rack
You’ve got your service client’s vehicle up on a rack
to do some work. You lower it back down, but now it
looks like a 4x4 ready for some serious off-roading or
it feels like it’s got a rock-solid suspension. If you’re
wondering what’s going on, the dampers locked up.
Damper lock-up is a wear-and-tear issue that can
happen to high-mileage vehicles, especially in hotweather
areas.
After years of high-temperature exposure, the
polyurethane cushion inside the damper gets old and
brittle. Raising the vehicle caused the damper piston
to crush that brittle cushion against the top of the
damper. Lowering the vehicle then caused bits and
pieces of that cushion to plug up the damper piston
valves and openings, locking the damper in an
extended position.
To make things right, you’ll need to replace the
affected dampers. This will be a client-pay repair if
the vehicle is out of warranty.
http://www.in.honda.com/Rjanisis/pubs/SN/B090700.PDF
Originally Posted by Acura ServiceNews Bulletin July 2009
Dampers Lock Up After
Lowering Vehicle on a Rack
You’ve got your service client’s vehicle up on a rack
to do some work. You lower it back down, but now it
looks like a 4x4 ready for some serious off-roading or
it feels like it’s got a rock-solid suspension. If you’re
wondering what’s going on, the dampers locked up.
Damper lock-up is a wear-and-tear issue that can
happen to high-mileage vehicles, especially in hotweather
areas.
After years of high-temperature exposure, the
polyurethane cushion inside the damper gets old and
brittle. Raising the vehicle caused the damper piston
to crush that brittle cushion against the top of the
damper. Lowering the vehicle then caused bits and
pieces of that cushion to plug up the damper piston
valves and openings, locking the damper in an
extended position.
To make things right, you’ll need to replace the
affected dampers. This will be a client-pay repair if
the vehicle is out of warranty.
Last edited by 94eg!; Sep 18, 2009 at 01:51 PM.
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