I haven't had a clear look at how this has been done but the crewcab is a little low in the rear for my liking. I'm lead to believe these are adjustable spring plates fitted, I don't know what this means and what level of adjustment is available or how it's done. Anyone any ideas? Will be sticking in a type 4 engine at the weekend and hopefully fitting the zorst I got from @Paul Weeding, whilst I know its just sat on the floor right now as a mockup it looks like it will be way too low.
if its adjustable spring plates, jack it up to where you want it and tighten up the adjusters to meet the plates, easy peasey lemon squeezy
whs^^^ but jack it up a little higher than you want it as obviously when you release jack it will drop a little might take a couple of times to get it spot on
Adjustable spring plates will be easy to spot . They are usually cranked so say 2-3 inch lowered in the middle movement position , you won't have a massive amount of adjustment with these ,if you want standard ride height probably best to revert back to normal straight spring plates. You can fine tune standard spring plates by a mixture of inner and outer splines
That's them, loosen locking nut and screw them upwards. If you do the same turns on each side it'll stay level.
What are you looking at, that bolt in the centre of the bottom picture? I don't understand how this works? That just raises the front of the plate when it's under load? Does that mean the entire load if the rear axle is on these 2 little bolts and the little stub they push up to? Is that even safe?!?
Makes you wonder doesn't it? It doesn't make the front go up - the torsion bar stops that - it makes the back (the wheel) go down. Are you sure you build engines? lol
I've looked at the other side. Near side is wound all the way out, offside is wound all the way in! So no adjustment possible ?
In that case I'd sell the adjustable ones, get yourself some standard spring plates and start from scratch. You don't need them unless you go 5-6" down and they sound like they're fitted a wee bit randomly...
They are only slightly adjustable to level it up side to side , with the bus on its wheels both parts of the spring plate touch on bolt / block and go as one . When you jack it up the drop to allow you to get the wheel off ,if they didn't you would have to stip it down to change a wheel , your spring plates look like a 2.5 inch drop if you then go down on splines you can get quite a lot of drop .... I have seen a set where the block has sheared off
Adjustable plates automatically lower the rear of the van , you cant go to standard height with them fitted , standard spring plates are the best way to go.!
They are only there so you can change the wheel when you jack it up the plates lower it but leave your travel , the adjusters just level it up and only move it a little bit, Leave it low it looks luvley!
