luxuryrules
Seasoned Member
Have a replacement set of height adjuster screws to replace the ones on my 06. Found mine were missing the rubber pads entirely, and one of them was even snapped in half!
Anyways, I can jack up the spring, and with the shock and sway bar disconnected, I can get reeeeeaaaaaaal close to clearing getting the new one in there (it's taller than the old ones since it actually has the rubber pad).
Before I start doing dangerous math of how much I can push on the spring (where I'm lifting the car off the jack stands) to get the extra clearance, what's the safer way to do this? Disconnect upper control arm from the chassis, maybe? I figure that would let me lower the whole knuckle without having to fight a ball joint.
Anyways, I can jack up the spring, and with the shock and sway bar disconnected, I can get reeeeeaaaaaaal close to clearing getting the new one in there (it's taller than the old ones since it actually has the rubber pad).
Before I start doing dangerous math of how much I can push on the spring (where I'm lifting the car off the jack stands) to get the extra clearance, what's the safer way to do this? Disconnect upper control arm from the chassis, maybe? I figure that would let me lower the whole knuckle without having to fight a ball joint.
My driver information center (DIC) kept showing a service Stabilitrac message on my 2006 XLR-V. I knew the ride height was uneven because the right rear of my car was ¾” lower than the left rear. I took it to a dealer and they couldn’t turn the trim height adjusting bolts on my rear transverse leaf spring. So they stuck 6 washers under the right rear trim height-adjusting bolt to make the rear of the car level. I talked to the service manager who agreed that I shouldn’t have to pay the $106 that they charged me. I then bought the Kent-Moore J42854 trim height measurement gauge...
