98 expy... no front coils????
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98 expy... no front coils????
i got to lookin at my expy/s front suspension . and i got to wondering .... WTF holds it up if theres no coil springs. are they special shocks that have coils in them ???????????????
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still dont tell me how it holds the front end up. man where have i been for the last 20 years..... im just used to all the simple coil and leaf springs man ..... thanks in advance for explainin it to me
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Originally Posted by trent_k_99
i got to lookin at my expy/s front suspension . and i got to wondering .... WTF holds it up if theres no coil springs. are they special shocks that have coils in them ???????????????
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Originally Posted by trent_k_99
still dont tell me how it holds the front end up.
Two rods of spring steel are used in this type of suspension. One end of the bar is fixed solidly to a part of the frame behind the wheel; the other is attached to the lower control arm. As the arm rises and falls with wheel movement, the bar twists and absorbs more of the road shocks before they can reach the body of the car. The bar untwists when the pressure is released, just like a spring rebounding after being compressed.
Adjusting the torsion bars controls the height of the front end of the vehicle. The adjusting bolts are located at the torsion bar anchors in the front crossmember. The inner ends of the lower control arms are bolted to the crossmember and pivot through a bushing.
courtesy to innerauto.com for the cut-n-paste job. I just didn't feel like using my own words.
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thank man. so i can raise the front of it up a little. so are the adjusting bolts are in the crossmember clear at the front of the vehicle??? and do they just turn like a normal bolt. (righty tighty- vehicle goes up) or is it the other way around
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