Lop-sided Cherokee
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From: birmingham,england.
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 ltr
ok the answer i keep getting is that one spring is shorter then the other.
wanna here the mad ones to??
the left hand spring is longer as it has to take the wieght of the driver in the us?
theye have a longer spring on the l/h so it follows american road camber better?
oh and there are more but they get really silly lol
so basicaly when you get new springs, it should sort it out?????
wanna here the mad ones to??
the left hand spring is longer as it has to take the wieght of the driver in the us?
theye have a longer spring on the l/h so it follows american road camber better?
oh and there are more but they get really silly lol
so basicaly when you get new springs, it should sort it out?????
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From: Ireland
Year: 1995
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 H.O
Longer front springs I take it?
Haven't touched those yet. They're coming out next weekend. Then I'll know!
Makes sense though, just find it weird that there's not loads of complaints about UK spec cherokee's experiencing the gangster lean lol
Haven't touched those yet. They're coming out next weekend. Then I'll know!
Makes sense though, just find it weird that there's not loads of complaints about UK spec cherokee's experiencing the gangster lean lol
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Right I whipped the springs out today to see whats going on.
The black spring (covered in waxoyl) is the old drivers side spring. Notice it's very slightly shorter... about 1/4in ish, but that indicates to me that either it was sagging a bit or the springs were slightly different from the factory.
Then I also noticed that the spring seat looked a bit worse for wear, meaning the spring wasn't seating correctly:
It's been either of these issues or a combination of both because I replaced the seats and swapped the springs over and now theres about 0.25in difference between one side and the other.
So there you go folks. Lop sided **** can be a fault with the front springs!!!
The black spring (covered in waxoyl) is the old drivers side spring. Notice it's very slightly shorter... about 1/4in ish, but that indicates to me that either it was sagging a bit or the springs were slightly different from the factory.
Then I also noticed that the spring seat looked a bit worse for wear, meaning the spring wasn't seating correctly:
It's been either of these issues or a combination of both because I replaced the seats and swapped the springs over and now theres about 0.25in difference between one side and the other.
So there you go folks. Lop sided **** can be a fault with the front springs!!!
Last edited by Coog; Jun 25, 2011 at 01:49 PM.
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Right I whipped the springs out today to see whats going on.
The black spring (covered in waxoyl) is the old drivers side spring. Notice it's very slightly shorter... about 1/4in ish, but that indicates to me that either it was sagging a bit or the springs were slightly different from the factory.
Then I also noticed that the spring seat looked a bit worse for wear, meaning the spring wasn't seating correctly:
It's been either of these issues or a combination of both because I replaced the seats and swapped the springs over and now theres about 0.25in difference between one side and the other.
So there you go folks. Lop sided **** can be a fault with the front springs!!!
The black spring (covered in waxoyl) is the old drivers side spring. Notice it's very slightly shorter... about 1/4in ish, but that indicates to me that either it was sagging a bit or the springs were slightly different from the factory.
Then I also noticed that the spring seat looked a bit worse for wear, meaning the spring wasn't seating correctly:
It's been either of these issues or a combination of both because I replaced the seats and swapped the springs over and now theres about 0.25in difference between one side and the other.
So there you go folks. Lop sided **** can be a fault with the front springs!!!
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From: Central NY
Year: 99
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
mine lobs to the driver side a little too. switched the springs around after a year just to see, did nothing and every things pretty good with steering . sit on a slight hill and its level. think with the slinky suspensions and the weight in the xj cuase it
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