phmracing said:OK.. this is a complete baffle to me. I've worked on cars for a while but suspension has never been really my game. Here's the story I go out to my car, find a nail in my tire, since I work at a hardware store there are nails all over the place in the parking lot. I need new tires anyway. I get a 2ton floor jack (hydralic) and place it under the support on the front drivers side. I start jacking the car up. I keep jacking the car up, and keep jacking it up and keep jacking it up. Finally, the jack is all the way up, and the damn tire is still on the ground!!! Now, the spring is completely extended and I have about 2 feet from the tire to the fender (might be a little over exaggarative) what's the deal??? the floor jack goes higher than the stock jack so I didn't even bother. What the hell is up with that??? Any ideas? This is totally crazy and I couldn't figure it out. I did not have a chance to jack up a different part of the car. Any ideas?? could it be the shock or the spring having gone bad or something? I mean for real, the tire rose just enough to let the air expand inside it, but not be movable or turnable. Ahhh!!
I did have that axle replaced a while back, but there hasn't been any kind of looseness or vibrating from it. I will have to double check everything after work tonight. I doubt anything's broken, but the strut tower and everything is snugg in place and tightend down I know that. I wonder if it is a blown shock or damaged spring?? it is all stock suspension still.D16Y8mike said:was the shock/spring assembly still attached at the top? were all the control arms attached where they should have been?
the spring should be fully extended long before the jack is all the way up. unless something's loose or broken i don't know how it would be on the ground.... sorry, that's not much help
I don't see how a blown shock or damaged spring will do this. As long as the shock shaft is still secure inside of the shock body and the shock assembly is secure, you shouldn't see what you are seeing. The only real explanation (that I can think of) is that something that should be connected isn't, and if that were the case, then you really should have noticed it while driving.phmracing said:I did have that axle replaced a while back, but there hasn't been any kind of looseness or vibrating from it. I will have to double check everything after work tonight. I doubt anything's broken, but the strut tower and everything is snugg in place and tightend down I know that. I wonder if it is a blown shock or damaged spring?? it is all stock suspension still.
I was actually thinking about that, I will do it tomorrow when I get home from school... it's funny because the body started rising up in the back as well.... and the tire never came off the ground on the front drivers side.... but the body sure did lift on front and rear.NordiX said:I'm curious... could you snap a pic or two of this phenomena and post it?... Prolly be easier to see whats going on with a visual.
When I jack my car as much as you've described, I actually get BOTH tires on that side off the ground. Somethings not right...
