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Spring perch hitting A Arm?

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  • Start date Start date Aug 4, 2007
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As you can see in the pictures below the tab on my drivers side spring perch is right up against the A arm. What would cause this? Fairly new perches, brand new coils, ~15 year old A arms.

Maybe I should pony up and get the rollers, but I'd hate to ruin those too if they align like this.

(the blurry one is from the backside)
 

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look like it off-center
 

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I don't think you are going to brake a set of those roller perches. I havn't heard on one braking yet.

As for your current purches, I think they might be doneski.
 
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as mentioned earlier, it looked like the perch slipped over and is not centered over the bushing. you need to replace it.
 
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It does look like the perch body has slid on the bushing. It is off center for sure.

We have never had a problem with the roller perches hitting the arm like that.

Photo of arm


Roller perches on sale
 
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Opentracker said:
It does look like the perch body has slid on the bushing. It is off center for sure.

We have never had a problem with the roller perches hitting the arm like that.

Photo of arm


Roller perches on sale
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Ok thanks, guess I should of just pm'd you. I'm going to replace it with a regular one and make sure something isn't causing this before I order a set of your rollers. I am pretty sure I replaced this a few years ago, and the car was in a pretty bad drivers side accident many years ago. The shop at the time told us everything was still straight, but I have a suspicion that is not correct.
 
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