[Amc-list] Need specs for ride height - 71 Javelin

["Thomas, Jeff" <jeff.thomas@xxxxxxxx>]

Does Frank S or anyone else have the technical spec's for a 71 Javelin
AMX in terms of ride height in the front and back ? 

Over the past several months, I bought new tires and have taken my
entire suspension apart for painting and new bushings, I took my car in
today to a great older gentleman for a quality alignment. He did the
alignment manually using adjustable metal sticks other old school
looking tools and then he bumped camber/caster/toe numbers against the
71 Tech Service manual which I brought with me. Everything was within a
1/16 of an inch or a few degrees. We couldn't find any mention of ride
height in the TSM. He believes the coil spring I ordered from an AMC
vendor awhile back might be wrong and look like they are from a station
wagon. The front end seems to be sitting too high. New coil spring have
been on the car with the engine installed for about 2 years but the car
has not been driven much. I mention that in case anyone thought there
could be a settling issue. He thought the height of the rear leaf
springs looked correct. This is a guy that's been doing front end work
for 45 years. He didn't have any literature on old AMCs anymore. Anyway,
before I go pulling that coil spring out and hacking coils off I'd like
to know what the specs are for front and back and also where you are
supposed to measure. He was measuring from the apex of the upper control
arms to the ground in the front. Anyway, he got everything straight but
he explained that ride height was pretty important to maintaining good
alignment. Let me know if anyone has more on this topic.

For those of you in Kenosha, have fun. I am eating my NOS parts heart
out. Leave the 71 stuff alone OK ?

Jeffrey Thomas
Orlando Florida



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