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Old Nov 9, 2023 | 06:27 AM
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So i've changed my rear trailing arm bushes, hub bush, track control arm upper on both sides, that the main trailing arm bush and now its sitting really high and its hard as hell, cant even push the car down its like the suspension is made of stone ? wtf is going on.
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Old Nov 9, 2023 | 06:54 AM
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I think unless someone made the same mistake before and then fixed it, no one would be able to answer this.
But if you send a couple of detailed pictures of your problem, someone might spot something, which is not right...
 
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Old Nov 9, 2023 | 04:02 PM
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Foley, if I had to take a guess, I would venture to say that the rear shocks got over extended and now are frozen in place. I would try removing a bolt for the shocks and then seeing what the car feels like.

Option 2 (and this is going to sound like a duh moment), when all the parts were being reinstalled. At what point in the reassembly did you tighten all the joints? I bet they were tightened with the suspension at full droop. THEY SHOULD NOT BE!!!!!!! You are supposed to let the car get to normal ride height and then tighten all the joints to their final torque. You can snug things up, but don't make them really tight. Leave that final torque till the wheels have the weight of the car. You can make say some 12x12" blocks to rest the car on so you can move around underneath the car, but you want the car to be sitting like it would be driving down the road when you do that final torque.
 
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Old Nov 10, 2023 | 06:31 AM
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Sorted it my mistake, the rear upper track control arms were the wrong way round lol, corrected them now and all good.
 
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