Bought a set of bushes at FFR, and a pair of powdercoated spring plates, thinking that it might be a good idea to put them on while everything was in pieces. I was a bit hesitant to do this on my own, so asked HR for assistance, which he graciously agreed to. So the idea is to do this on Saturday morning, but being pro-active, I thought I could save some time by getting things started tonight (Friday).
So the buggy is in the garage, secure on axle stands, and everything starts coming off quite easily.
Most of the bolts need to be cleaned on a wirebrush, due to rubberising coating and gunk, but that will be done tomorrow.
The main issue that I had with the suspension, was that it always felt softer on the one side (left) than on the other. I started on the left hand side, and used a trolley jack to lift the spring plate over the stop. To be honest, I was sh1tscared that the springplate was going to come flying off, luckily nothing of the sort happened. With the springplate (and me...) now in a relaxed state, I measured the angle, and got +/- 10 degrees.
Started stripping the right hand side, this time the springplate needed a bit more persuasion to clear the stop. Measuring the angle, I got +/- 22 degrees!
No wonder the ride was a bit wonkey, and the stance a bit skew! Funny thing is, I've had the buggy's rear suspension set by two places over the last two years, amongst other things that needed to be done as well. Just makes me wonder what else was also so accurately and expertly "fixed"....
So tomorrow will be the re-assembly and adjusting phase, will update then.
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