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Mike
| | Posted on Monday, September 16, 2002 - 05:16 pm: | 
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Installed new OME HD springs and shocks and everything looked fine and even. After driving around 500 miles highway it now sags in the right front a few inches lower/ Both front springs are the same (right) Any idea to what is wrong? |
Sean Hanagan (Seanh)
| | Posted on Monday, September 16, 2002 - 05:48 pm: |
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That all depends on who you bought them from. some vendors EE for example "match" the springs so that the fronts and rears are identical. OME sells passenger and drivers side springs. The passenger springs are shorter than the drivers side to compensate for the extra weight on the drivers side. I'm not sure why they do this since most folks have passengers in their cars? What this means is when just you are in the truck your truck is level. Makes sense huh? |
Mike
| | Posted on Monday, September 16, 2002 - 06:29 pm: |
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I have a matched set from EE and when I'm in it it's still not level |
Mike
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2002 - 12:58 pm: |
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Anyone have anymore insight to this? or how to correct this? |
Sean Hanagan (Seanh)
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2002 - 01:31 pm: |
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OME makes shims that will solve you problem. I believe they are cheap and easy to install. I think there called packers???? |
Ross Thoma (Rossthoma)
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2002 - 01:37 pm: |
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they have different spring sizes because the gas tank on most other country's models have it on the driversish side mid body like placement.
So when ordering springs you can get the real hard core brittish thing (lobsided)which is level over there or the NAS level sitting suspension.
I saw this on one of the suspension web sites, ie: OME $G or one of the other...
Ross Thoma |
Moe
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2002 - 09:53 pm: |
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Mike, if it really is 'a few inches lower' than you might have a bad spring, which can be warrantied? If it is just a small amount of difference then a spring packer might work. Or the DS front spring as a replacment, if you originally orderd PS springs. Call EE and sort it out.
Also, if the front right spring is bad it should have the opposite effect after you switch the front springs. |
Robert Sublett (Rubisco98)
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2002 - 11:21 pm: |
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I've got the OME HD springs as well. After about a month, passenger side, but especially the front passenger side is 1.5 inches lower than the driver side. The springs are warrantied and the problem is being rectified. contact EE and they'll take care of you I would definitely imagine.. good guys there.. except for that John guy, oh and that Ho guy.. look out for him Just kidding.. I'm tired.. Later..RS |
gp (Garrett)
| | Posted on Thursday, September 19, 2002 - 09:54 am: |
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you can use trim packers, but only on the rears. not a good idea for the fronts. yeah talk to the boys at EE. my front right is a little low. but also remember EE sells OMEs that are 'matched' sets. no passenger side or driver side springs. all the same. |
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