100 Ride Height

[TodE]

I have put the front suspension and rear suspension back on the car. The rear is where it going to be. I did not put anything new on the car, all are original, all but the sway bar which is DWR. Just powder coated and painted the A arms, springs, trunions.

I did a search, but did not come up with anything about how to set the front height up. I did see something about putting a 2 inch block under the A arms, but I think that was to keep the weight off the front bump stops.
The engine and transmission are all in the car. I looked in the 100 service manual, but I did not see anything about adjusting the height.
I also put in a Denis Welch sway bar (front) but it had no directions as to setting the bar. Do you just put the weight on the front and tighten the nuts?

Thank you in Advance,
Tod

 

[pan]

G'day Tod,
Yes. you should place a 2" distance piece under the shock absorber arm before tightening the fulcrum pins. Refer to figure 9 on page J/7 in the 100 Service Manual.
This setting up method has nothing to do with keeping weight off the bump stops. As the suspension moves up & down, the metalastic bush twists. It does not rotate on the pin. Setting up the suspension with the distance piece ensures that the bush is in a neutral position when the suspension is at it's normal ride height. Failing to set up like this will mean that the bush is already under tension. More movement will stress the bush un-necessarily and lead to premature failure.