front suspension

i was adjusting the height of my front suspension yesterday and regardless of how it is set, the passenger side is always an inch higher than the right side!! can someone please explain to me what each of the three settings do: the lower allen set screw; the upper allen set screw that puts pressure on the hex bolt right above it?

any advice/ diagrams, etc would be appreciated.

Is the car an inch higher on the passenger's side when sitting on a flat somewhat level ground? Or is the suspension on the passenger's side disc/caliper/spindle/etc an inch higher (up into the wheel well) when up on jack stands?

i put it on a level garage floor yesterday. once i lifted it off the ground, it was perfectly even. however, once i let it down, it's off.

My Ghia has this problem right now and it will be fixed this week. The front ball joints (top ones) are frozen. They fit in the beam and are connected to the leaves inside which create the torsion needed in your front suspension. If you have a frozen ball joint this would be the symptom you are talking about. To check, lift the car and see if you can move the ball joint up and down. Also when the car is on the ground, if you sit on the front fender can you make the car sit flat? Check you ball joints, beam and leaves. Maybe you just need to fill the beam with grease. THIS SHOULD BE DONE EVERY 3 MONTHS. There are 4 grease nipples for that.

I ordered a new narrowed beam, leaves and ball joints for the GHIA that should be here this week.

Mike,

Are you implying that the ball joints are frozen? If that's the case, then the answer is no. I have full suspension travel, it just sits higher. If I'm reading your post wrong, let me know.

Thanks,
George

I hate it when my balls and joints freeze.

Its when they thaw out that it really hurts! Believe me...I know.

Worst yet is when you twist your crank and drop your rear end, damn that hurts!

gordon,

thanks for the advice. i adjusted the rear. it took alot of the curse out of the front. now there is about a half inch differece between the two sides, probably a discrepancy in the body.