Ride height adjustment

[techspy]

I recently noticed (doesn't mean it has just happened, but I just noticed it) that the passenger side is riding lower in the front. It was about an inch to inch and a half difference. I have Spax shocks all the way around. I found that the adjustment was all the way down for the passenger side front so I couldn't lower it any more. So I tried to bring the driver side up. I have moved the collar up about an inch which only brought the height up about 1/2 an inch. Any idea whats going on here? Do I need to loosen the sway bar to make these adjustments then re-tighten it? The back is off about 1/4 inch. Can the back be throwing the front off that much? I haven't made any changes that would have added or moved any weight. Any help is appreciated.

[hast2]

As you lift the front corner that is low, you transfere more weight on to it. This is compressing the spring and thats why it requires to be moved further than the ride hight needs adjusting.

If you don't have access to corner weights to set up your platforms, I've found you get 90% of the way there by setting the front pair to the same. Do this by picking a fixed point on the shocker body and measure how far up the platform is, and then set the other to the same. If the ride height is not to your liking, adjust both by the same amount till it is. Repeat for the back

[techspy]

Ok, that explains why it doesn't raise in a 1 to 1 relation when adjusting. However, right now the passenger side is 1 inch higher and that is with the adjustment collar all the was down. If I bring it up to match the drivers side, which is approx 1.5 inched from the bottom, that will make the 2 sides ever farther out of alignment. Or am I missing something here?

[teigan]

the esprits are built so fragile that the joints settle in with wear. it isn't unusual for one side to be much lower than the other. it only gets worse with age, since the lean puts progressively more stress on the low side.