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Old Jul 11, 2012 | 04:02 PM
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lowered and got a inch diffon the right side HELP?

ok so today i cut my coils, i cut one round on both left and right side i did one at a time not to get them switched up. good news is that the lower side is right where i want it bad news is left front is 1 inch higher how does that work? also instead of getting neg camber i got pos while doing this, what is going on? any help would be great.. thanks guys
 
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Old Jul 11, 2012 | 04:23 PM
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Did you roll it out after you let it down? Just the way an I-beam swings, it won't find center until you roll the truck a ways.
 
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Old Jul 11, 2012 | 07:04 PM
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Na I didnt I did jump up and down on it tho to try seating it
 
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Old Jul 11, 2012 | 08:13 PM
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Follow willowbilly's advice and roll it about 10 feet forward and back to take the bind and scrub out of the suspension.

The original overall length of the spring may have had the same rate but lopping off a piece may have changed the effective spring rate over a shorter distance. Plus, it could be that the spring material that was cut off, metallurgically, had a different structure than the rest of the spring and took up more of the load.
 
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Old Jul 12, 2012 | 08:44 PM
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Also ensure the spring is clocked correctly inside the perch.
 
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Old Jul 12, 2012 | 09:32 PM
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Also ensure the spring is clocked correctly inside the perch.
+1 IF SPRING IS IN WRONG POSITION IT WILL BE HIGHER
 
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