Suspension and steering linkage troubleshooting
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Remove the spacers from the rear & you don't need to worry about how to raise the front. Removing spacers is free.
Check BJ play by rocking the top/bottom of the wheel w/the suspension off the ground. Check the steering linkage by rocking the wheel @ the sides (front/back side of the front wheels) to see if they move /have play.
That is a factory reinforcement bracket for the frame to crossmember. There is one on each side in the same spot of the frame.
I want a little lift on the suspension... I'm 6'2" and would rather climb in and out, than fall into my car and climb out lol
Side to side moves (video) and up and down is solid...
Ok, making sure it wasn't aftermarket reinforcement modification.
I can help you here. Here's what I did. I replaced the springs in the front with some taller springs with the same spring rate as stock, added about an inch, then replaced the rears with variable rate springs and used some poly isolators on the rear to get the ride height level. I'm 6ft 6in, so I know your pain.
From your picture of the rear spring, that's just to keep the spring centered on the frame, it's not a spacer.
If you have over 100k miles on the car, and don't know the history of the suspension, it would be, relatively, cheap insurance to go ahead and replace everything, as budget allows, starting with ball joints, bushings, springs and shocks, then moving to the more easily accessible parts, like drag link, tie rods and idler arm.
Also, your sway bar end links look really loose.
From your picture of the rear spring, that's just to keep the spring centered on the frame, it's not a spacer.
If you have over 100k miles on the car, and don't know the history of the suspension, it would be, relatively, cheap insurance to go ahead and replace everything, as budget allows, starting with ball joints, bushings, springs and shocks, then moving to the more easily accessible parts, like drag link, tie rods and idler arm.
Also, your sway bar end links look really loose.
Hell yea...Ok where can I find the taller springs you're using for the front ?
Poly insulators ? ... I'll google it...
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Yea that's what I'm being told and originally plan on doing (replacing all of it), just wanted to get a second opinion...
Sway bar links...do they have anything to do with toe alignment ?
Mine look toed out a bit too much...don't see too many Monte Carlo's with toe out wheels lol
If I remember correctly I used Moog 5610 in the front.
The rear was a set of rear variable rates for an El Camino, Moog part number CC627 I believe. It's been a few years and summit doesn't have records that far back.
The poly dampened I used are energy suspension part number 3.6108. One pair on top one pair on bottom got it level.
This should get you about an inch of lift, it did for my SS, but I've also took a bunch of weight out, too.
The rear was a set of rear variable rates for an El Camino, Moog part number CC627 I believe. It's been a few years and summit doesn't have records that far back.
The poly dampened I used are energy suspension part number 3.6108. One pair on top one pair on bottom got it level.
This should get you about an inch of lift, it did for my SS, but I've also took a bunch of weight out, too.
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