[s-cars] Re: How do coil overs adjust?

[ccohen5]

I think I follow.  Are you saying that the effect of moving the nut up, is
to shift the suspension load point up, and thereby increase ride height.
Similarly by moving the adjustment nut down, one drops the point upon which
the suspension rests.

Makes sense then.

Thanks.

Colin

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Subject: Re: How do coil overs adjust?


|
| Different setups use different adjustment methods wrt how to actually turn
| the adjustable spring seat.  The weight of the car is sitting on the
springs,
| however, not the struts as you imply.  By raising the spring, you are
raising
| the element that is holding the car.  This in turn will pull the strut out
a
| little farther from its housing.  The spring never gets compressed per se.
|
| Javad
|
| In a message dated 5/12/2002 7:59:50 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
| ccohen5 at compuserve.com writes:
|
| >
| > 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.
|
|