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Posted: May 23 2006 09:57 AM
 
Gene Foster (aka meangene) [ View ] [ meangenef@yahoo.com ] [ Car Ads ] [ Blogs ]
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hey guys and gals,i've got a question to ask someone out there.i have a TCI chassis under my 37 ford conv.downs body.the chassis has leaf rear coilover front this car rides real hard!!! i've called TCIand they told me to adjust the shocks on the front still no help.the rear seem to be to stiff also.they also said to adjust the coil over spring all the way out did that no help.can any one help or have a idea what to do.thanhs for the help gene
 
 
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Posted by meangene  -  05/21/2006 09:01 AM

shine,i will check that out today is that for both front and rear?thanks gene

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Posted by BigAlBre  -  05/21/2006 10:40 AM
I discovered too short shocks on the back of my car made it ride hard.. they would run out of travel and "top out" trying to pull the rearend off the ground.. follow Shine's suggestion...
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Posted by Crazyhorse Rod Shop  -  05/23/2006 09:37 AM
if you have leaf springs slip the middle leaf out and see what it does.
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Posted by 1carguy  -  05/21/2006 10:21 AM
I used to own a similiar car...37 glass convertible with the same suspension as yours and mine also rode very hard. I did everything trying to soften it up with no luck. I sold the car and later ran into the guy that bought it and he ended up getting rid of the rear leaf spring suspension. Went with a 4 bar set up with coil overs and he claimed it rides like a dream now. Not an easy fix but solved the problem. I also had a friend with similiar problems in a '39 Chevy and he improved the ride a lot by getting rid of the multi leaf (3 or 4 I think) and replacing it with a Mono leaf that softened it up a bunch and it was fairly simple to do.
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Posted by coupe32  -  05/22/2006 05:03 PM
Yea meangene I got the same problem with this 32 I built rides like a canoe with wheels with no paddles. Im gonna go ahead later on and put coil over with 4 bar hook up with panhard bar. The thing with me is wont cost to much Ill make all the parts in machine shop at work
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Posted by Red's Place Custom & Restoration  -  05/22/2006 10:44 PM
lower the air pressure in the rear tires. Makes a big difference in most light street rods
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Posted by ahotrod33  -  05/23/2006 09:27 AM
One other thought--the shocks could also be too long. They don't have enough travel and bottom out at the slightes bump. Friend of mine has a 34 Plymouth sedan and the shorter shocks fixed his problem.
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Posted by Crazyhorse Rod Shop  -  05/21/2006 08:51 AM
when you load the chassis how far down does it go? you have roughly 4 1/2 in of travel. you need to be in the middle.
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Posted by Crazyhorse Rod Shop  -  05/21/2006 09:05 AM
yes. you need to ride in the middle of you suspinion. to high = hard ride, too low = bouncy ride and bottoming out.
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Posted by pasadenahotrod  -  05/23/2006 09:55 AM

On ANY hotrod you should be able to push down on the front or rear suspension and let off to see it bounce a couple of times until the shocks stop the bounce just like any production car.



If it doesn't bounce, either the springs are too stiff ( too much spring for too little car) or the shocks are improperly sized and/or mounted blocking suspension movement or the spring shackles are bound up and not allowing the spring to flex.



Push down on the front of your 37 at each corner and see what happens. Then go to the back and try it there. A simple "test" tells you so much.



We have Tbuckets that ride as well as many later cars like yours.
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