Steering issues with shock change.
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05/12/13 04:50 PM
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Last week I installed new Calvert Racing front shocks on the D-50.I just had stock shocks on it before.Now when I make a pass the truck wants to go to the left a little and I have to sorta fight it a bit while I am going down the track.A guy told me that it looked strange while going down the track. The left front is way up in the air and the right rear is alot lower than the left rear.It has Caltract bars and 9 way adjustable shocks on the rear.The bars have no preload on them.
Anybody have any ideas how to fix the issue without putting the stock shocks back on. Thanks....
1.33 60 ft,6.21 at 110.59 in the 1/8, pump gas small block,2950lbs,drag radials,mufflers and driven to track ...
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Re: Steering issues with shock change.
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05/12/13 05:15 PM
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See if the LF shock is seized for some reason (see if the LF will bounce up and down... check the other side while your at it) 
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Re: Steering issues with shock change.
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05/12/13 09:23 PM
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See if the LF shock is seized for some reason (see
if the LF will bounce up and down... check the other
side while your at it)
I went out and pushed up and down on the front and both sides seemed the same. It is very loose on the front.
And you said all you did was change the front shocks
and now the truck is acting all weird .. am I correct
on this... sounds like its a shock issue to me but
it COULD be a bad shock like it has no oil in it...
just a guess
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Re: Steering issues with shock change.
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
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05/13/13 08:57 PM
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Mr. P Body I am going to swap the front shocks around and see if that makes a difference.If one is bad I think it should act different than it does now good or bad.
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Re: Steering issues with shock change.
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05/13/13 09:04 PM
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Mr. P Body I am going to swap the front shocks around and see if that makes a difference.If one is bad I think it should act different than it does now good or bad.
This is true.. if its a shock issue it should follow it
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Re: Steering issues with shock change.
[Re: DblOJoe]
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05/14/13 08:48 AM
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fwiw My car didn't like the Calvert shocks either. It wondered around to much for my liking.
Same problem here, I sold them to a friend after I removed them, he was well aware of the issues and I told him to try them first.
He liked them and they worked great on his car. Similar weight and HP, longer wheelbase (B v's E). Go figure  
'74 Challenger..9.46 @ 145.9 1/4, 6.001 @ 118 1/8 so far. 4023lb !!! # N/A, Marsh performance 655ci, Indy Maxx, T/R, Indy 600-13 X's, Street legal, pump gas, full interior, Cal-Tracs, mufflers, 3:73's and real 10.5 radials.
9.51 @ 142.4 1/4, 6.003 @ 114 1/8 with our old mule KB, 572-13, 580 wedge.
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Re: Steering issues with shock change.
[Re: Tig]
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05/17/13 12:07 AM
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I put some preload on the passenger side Caltract bar and the truck drives alot better going down the track. It had about 1/8 gap before.I guess I can keep the Calvert front shocks on.More tuning next week.
Last edited by D-50; 05/17/13 12:09 AM.
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I had three different sets of fronts shocks on my Duster, (several different sets, including drilled ones 
on my Dart and C.E. 90/10) stock, QA1 and Koni SPA. I liked the Koni the best, the QA1 kept the front end up in the air way to long 
