Posted by TBR (IP: 152.163.204.186) on July 08, 1999 at 11:24:51:
In Reply to: Lop-sided maverICK posted by Brandon on July 08, 1999 at 01:59:48:
...Take a look down the side of the car to see if there is any buckling of the sheet metal between the door post and rear bumper. You may be surprised to find damage near the rear popout window. It is also possible the impact hit the rear shackle. This could break a leaf longitudinally. That happened to me. There was no obvious spring damage, but one spring sagged badly. I took it to a spring shop and it disintegrated when they took it apart.
: As I said in an earlier post, my drivers side rear corner was clipped in a parking lot incident and when I was looking at my car today, I noticed that my drivers side was sitting significantly lower than my passenger side. Pulled it into the garage and did some measuring. Floor to fenderwell, my car sits 1.25" lower on the drivers side. I measured everthing I could think of, lower shock mounts, front and rear leaf spring mounts and everthing was right on. It didn't hit hard enough to cause any frame damage. The conclusion I came to is that one leaf spring is weaker than the other. Here's my question: is it possible for this to happen suddenly due to the impact of the accident? I never noticed this before. Because if it is, I'd hate to get a new set of leaf springs on the insurance estimate. :-)