How do coil overs adjust?

[ccohen5]

I think you are on point here.  Of course I considered the time honored
trial and error method by which I run most of my life.  Remember, men never
ask directions syndrome?  hell I even get lost with the A6s GPS!!

Next weekend is coilover adjustment time and once again I am grateful for
the guidance of these lists.

Colin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Huw Powell" <human747 at attbi.com>
To: "ccohen5" <ccohen5 at compuserve.com>
Cc: "Audi S Car List" <s-car-list at audifans.com>; <urq-request at audifans.com>;
"qlist" <quattro at audifans.com>; "Robert Pastore" <rpastore at animalfeeds.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 12:57 PM
Subject: Re: How do coil overs adjust?


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| > I am about to alter my coil over adjustment nuts for the first time and
was
| > searching the web for the best tool, and any BTDTs.  One Miata site says
| > that you wrench up the shaft to raise the height, and wrench down to
lower.
| >
| > This is counter intuitive: if you raise the nut, you compress the
spring,
| > and the car should sit lower. Vice versa if you lower the nut.
| >
| > Where am I going wrong here?
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| Hmmm, well, I know virtually nothing about coil-overs, so ignore me...
| but, if "raising" the nut *compresses* the spring, how is the spring
| supporting the weight of the car?  Wouldn't doing that raise the lower
| spring perch and raise the car, since the spring compression should
| remain the same, it is due to the amount of weight on it?  (F ~ kx and
| all that)
|
| You can also just try it each way (raise/lower shaft) and once it's
| obvious to you (on one corner?), set them all where you want, make a
| note of the process, and post the results here!
|
| just my barely $0.01...
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| --
| Huw Powell
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