Sorensin Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Hi guys, my escort wagon is on a lean(lower on drivers side). Failed its WOF on this today, I already knew about this problem before wof, I have tried swapping the rear leafs over as the lean looks to be at the back more than the front(the leafs have also been reset and had new leafs added in at snells not so long ago), all the shocks are new... anyone have any ideas what i can do? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Are you sure it's not the front left strut that's the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorensin Posted March 30, 2009 Author Share Posted March 30, 2009 No I'm not sure, the car is permantly on a lean, when someone sits in the passengers seat the left drops a little but if someone sits in the right the right drops alot on top of the fact its already lower. I'm considering buying some kingspring superlows for the front, perhaps I should buy them and see what happens? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorensin Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 So I swapped my front springs, this seemed to heave helped/almost fixed my problem... even though the lean was at the rear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Should've compared spring heights while out, as kyteker said taller front left would have made rear right look low Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelies Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 previous fat guy owner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forced Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Or jack it up by the centre of the diff, see if it's still on a lean. Jack it up by the centre of the front crossmenber.... see if it's still on a lean. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorensin Posted April 5, 2009 Author Share Posted April 5, 2009 Went and brought new king springs for the front, seems to have fixed the problem, the old springs appear to be the same when out also the leafs appear to be exactly the same when out... I can only guess one of the old front springs has worse sag than the other? Thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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