Rear Wheels don't extend same amount

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freakyjason
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Car: 1990 240sx

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Strange question, I know, but after i installed my stance coilovers, I noticed that my rear wheels dont extend the same amount when i jack the car up. Both are running the same springs and the same amount of preload. When i jack up the drivers side, there is like a 6 inch gap and when i jack up the passenger side, there is like a 1-2 inch gap. This seems to be giving me some traction issues when i power through really tight right turns (I already have an s15 hlsd so it's not that). I think that when the body rolls to the left, it almost lifts that inside rear wheel up. If it were able to extend more, this would not be an issue. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!


Triton3.5
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Car: 07 G 35 X

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sway bar installed, incorrectly?? or not hooked up on both sides

freakyjason
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I'd find that kinda hard to believe since I have never tampered with my sway bar, but it is plausible. Unfortunately, I wont be able to see my car for another week to know if you're right. Keep the ideas coming!
Modified by freakyjason at 5:05 PM 9/14/2009

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musashin
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A bound up spring, perhaps?

freakyjason
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musashin wrote:A bound up spring, perhaps?
That's kinda what i was thinking actually. But that makes little sense too considering the coilovers are new and i didnt run very much preload in the back (which i am running none of now).

freakyjason
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So, I finally got a chance to take a look at my car today. I cannot see any sort of issue with the sway bar and the springs do not appear to be bound. I'm thinking of dropping the sway bar tomorrow and seeing what happens. I'm kinda stumped and it really is putting a damper on how much traction the car can handle.


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