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Suspension won't compress

Post by stinkypaul » Wed Mar 26, 2025 2:42 pm

Got another issue which is confusing me, my front right suspension won't compress, or at least it's very difficult to compress it. If I lean on and bounce the other three corners they compress and act as I would expect, but not the front right, it's solid.

I've got coilovers and both fronts are set up the same. I have minimum pre-load, the springs aren't hard. With the shock removed the arms go up and down fine. I thought it might be a faulty insert/cartridge so I replaced that and it made no difference.

Has anyone had a similar issue?

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Suspension won't compress

Post by Scott560 » Wed Mar 26, 2025 3:08 pm

as you've removed the shock and the arms move freely, you can rule out the arms bushes (I had the same issue on the rear, completely seized metal bush in the strongflex PU bushes, could hold the entire weight of the car purley through stiction).

The shock must be completely seized up, what happens if you remove the spring?
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Suspension won't compress

Post by stinkypaul » Wed Mar 26, 2025 4:39 pm

That's the weird thing, I replaced the shock and it seems fine.

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Suspension won't compress

Post by Scott560 » Thu Mar 27, 2025 1:53 pm

Is it related to the alignment do you recon? Do you recon perhaps they damaged your car or did something really stupid?

Steering wheel 15degrees off center and a strut that wont compress sound suspiciously related...

Or was this evedent before the alignment?
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Suspension won't compress

Post by stinkypaul » Thu Mar 27, 2025 2:00 pm

That's a good point, I better take a closer look at the arms.
Not sure which happened first. Didn't really pay much attention to the strut until my fillings started to come loose.

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