By JCC on Monday, December 10, 2001 - 11:30 am: Edit

It seems as though my truck is about 3/4 of an inch lower on the drivers side? It is fairly noticable to the naked eye! I am at school and dont have my tape measure with me to measure from the center of the wheel but i measured with my drafting scale as best as I could from the top of the tire to the edge of the fender well and here are my measurements lf=6" rf=7" lr=6 1/2" and rr= 7" ! John if u are listening.....any ideas on why this is? By the way I have no swaybars but the truck is sitting on level ground!

Justin

By John on Monday, December 10, 2001 - 11:36 am: Edit

Never over in a Rover....
Call me..

By Robert Mann (Oldscout) on Monday, December 10, 2001 - 11:42 am: Edit

I lean an 1" in front with my RTE 3"

By Eric N (Grnrvr) on Monday, December 10, 2001 - 11:50 am: Edit

John, what is the margin for error on those spring rates from the maker give or take how many pounds? Could explain the different heights.

By John on Monday, December 10, 2001 - 12:21 pm: Edit

Industry std. the margin of error on spring complience is 10%...my manufacturer is 6% in their higher standard of complience. This is qualified by a "Certificate of Complience" when requested(this does cost extra money for me) in which case ramdon samplings of springs in a run are tested after the manu. process. I do request these from my supplier and the sampling has only shown max 4% error in a run of 20 sets of a particular spring. A 300 lb rate spring can be off 12 lbs in its rate by the sampling I have requested from my vender. The rates have shown a much closer complience by my certificate overall.I hope sharing knowledge is a benefit.

By Eric N (Grnrvr) on Monday, December 10, 2001 - 12:35 pm: Edit

That little error shouldn't make the height differences that I have. Guess someone was drinking when they slapped my Rover together at the factory. I was just wondering why my Pass side front was so much higher then the driver side. I thought that was a little weird. Of course none of the heights are the same so who the hell knows. Oh, and you got email.

By JCC on Monday, December 10, 2001 - 03:31 pm: Edit

talked to john and I guess im just gonna fix that one side with OME 10 mm spring spacers. One on the top and one on the bottom of the ds front spring. A little worried about the possibility of the spring coming unseated but i guess itll be allright. Damn rover......rovers are like people.....they are all made different and they all act different!!!

justin

By jcc on Monday, December 10, 2001 - 03:59 pm: Edit

How man mm in an inch anyways? 24.5 or 25.4?
I forget

justin

By Bluegill (Bluegill) on Monday, December 10, 2001 - 04:10 pm: Edit

25.4mm = 1 inch

2.54cm = 1 inch

By D Cantrell (Discodad) on Monday, December 10, 2001 - 10:54 pm: Edit

I noticed with my OME springs that not only are front to rear different in length but the left side and right are different in length. I put the longer ones on the left; it sits level and drives correctly? I would assume the longer springs account for the drive train torque and drivers weight. Is this theory true?

By Moe on Tuesday, December 11, 2001 - 12:53 pm: Edit

Justin, I would also feel a bit apprehensive about packing too many spacers in there. Maybe you could switch the springs (left to right) and if it levels out great, otherwise send the springs back--you might have some that fall outside of the 'claimed' 4% error rate.

By JCC on Tuesday, December 11, 2001 - 02:00 pm: Edit

Moe, the only one thats lacking is the ds front and I really think that something is wrong with tht one! I mean ....its my luck that i get the sorry 4%.Im pretty sure that somethin is wrong with that ds front spring. Under weight....it is 7/8" shorter than the rest. Its just weird that its isolated to that one spring. Maybe I can get john to send me one spring and just see if it makes a difference?

Justin

By John on Tuesday, December 11, 2001 - 02:23 pm: Edit

Call me Justin, lets fix it.

By JCC on Tuesday, December 11, 2001 - 03:13 pm: Edit

Thanx John

A message to anyone planning on buying bumpers or suspension.....go with rovertym....John has the best customer service. Ive seen his stuff in action and it works! And if it dont...John fixes it!!!!!! GO WITH ROVERTYM!!!!!!!!!

Justin