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05-28-2007, 09:53 PM
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Ack!! What did I do to my car?!
Okay, stupid question here. I just did some brake work which required that I jack up the front of the car. As a jack point, I used that center beam that runs from side to side in between the engine pan and the transmission pan. Seemed like a sturdy frame member. I then put jack stands under the usual spots on the sides of the car, did my job, and lowered the car again. Upon removing the jack, I noticed that the front of the car is now riding higher than usual, and the wheels are seriously toed in (I think I got the terminology right - the wheels are angled so that the tops stick out, and the bottom sticks in - like a bow-legged cowboy).
I jumped up and down on the front bumper, in an effort to make it settle down, figuring the suspension is just a little caught, but no luck. Is this fairly normal, and will just work itself out after a few bumps in the road? Thanks, Dan
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05-28-2007, 10:07 PM
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have you driven it yet? should go away after driving
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05-28-2007, 10:08 PM
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You're talking about the 87 300D in your sig? If so just take it for ride. It should go back to normal. Mine did the same thing when I had it off the ground.
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05-28-2007, 10:11 PM
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Thanks for the reassurance. I haven't driven it yet, and just wanted to get a quick reality check before hitting the road.
Thanks! Dan
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05-28-2007, 10:13 PM
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As soon as you move the car a few feet it will go back to normal.
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05-28-2007, 11:27 PM
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you sure you didn't jack up under the drag link?
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05-28-2007, 11:42 PM
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I know I asked a stupid question, but I'm not a TOTAL dumb-ass! I just have dumb-assed tendencies
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05-28-2007, 11:51 PM
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Didn't mean anything by it, just that I've jacked up my cars, many times and never saw the wheels do what you said.
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05-29-2007, 08:42 AM
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05-29-2007, 06:14 AM
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05-29-2007, 07:19 AM
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Sagging Wheels
I had my car on the lift at my friends garage last week, and noticed that all four wheels were sagging and towed in substantially.
Of course I immeadiatly paniced thinking that somthing was wrong (not an unusual reaction given that somthing is usually wrong when you drive a 25 yo car). I was about to open my mouth and say somthing stupid when I realized that the suspension goes up AND down during driving and that this was normal.
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