hey guys, i have had a bit of a problem with my left front tyre hitting the arch around bends and over bumps, after looking at it i decided the shocks were dead and booked in to get them replaced but it hasn't fixed the problem, i would like to know what i should be looking at ?? lol thanks for the help in advance

dylan

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Hi Dylan,

Is your car hydro or dry suspension?

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Is the height left front corner lower than the right front ? Might be a good excuse to fit hi-lo's or get the hydro pumped up (whatever you have) if it is .

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it has pneumatic (air) shocks on the front, it didnt have the problem when i bought it and has only developed it in the last 2-3 months.. i got koni-sport shocks with full adjustability on the front and it didnt do a thing :S the left front was slightly lower than the right and that is what led me to believe it was the suspension but the new stuff hasnt really made too much of a difference

dyl

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As scotta_74 said, do you have a hydro or dry car

For those playing at home, hydro and dry refer to the suspension type, not the shock absorber type.
Shock absorbers have no affect on ride height, which causes the guard rub.

ok :S lol i dunno how do i tell the difference?

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Air shocks are normally used on the rear of wagons/utes to compensate for big loads.

If your mini had air shocks on the front then they were probably put on to raise the ride height to get past the rubbing.

Cheap and effective way to raise the ride height is to add washers to the ball ends of the front struts/trumpets. Hi-Lo's will do it also but very few people adjust the ride height once they get it right (except for racing cars) so they are a bit of an overkill on a road car.

Pete

ok i just went and had a look then lols i dont know much about cars yet because i have had little experience :S it has the shock closer to the wheel and then down lower it has a vertical bar with what looks like a screw thread on it going up into darkness (i didnt have a torch handy) and just before the dark was a kinda bulbous section around 3 1/2 to 4 inches across if thats any help :S i feel like an idiot lols

dyl

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If this is the car you are talking about then it is dry or rubber, whichever term doesn't matter.

lols thats the one, how can you tell lol? ok well if thats the case what would be the solution or at least another step to solving my problem?

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Ok, compare yours to the one below. This one is a hydro car, the hoses that are seen towards the firewall on either side heading towards the "shock tower" sort of area are the hoses that carry the hydrolastic fluid to the hydro bags.

Cheers
Steve

ok so i am dry thats handy to know, now what do i get to fix it? replace the suspension i suppose?

thankyou for your patience and persistence

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It could be rubbing for a lot of different reasons.
It could be the knuckle joints are shagged or it could be the castor rod bushes or it could be a lot of things.
It needs someone that knows what they are looking at to check it out.

alright sweet as thankyou very much everyone have a good one!

dyl

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