Van leans

[Nsr500rossi]

Van is new to me,  it whole van leans to one side ....any ideas, drives fine but over speed humps it seems the rear is lazynon one side 

Cheers

[polar]

Wow thats a blast from the past "NSR500"

Anyway check the front coil springs first - the coils can break and are sometimes not that easy to spot.

Then go for rear shockers - disconnect and try in the zone the work in most of the time. If all that is okay then go for the rear torsion bars - you may have a broken one or lazy one. They can be adjusted but i have seen them with a lean before but its very rare.

[Johny555]

Rossi you Italian? My partners Italian that's her last name,or do you like valitno rossi the bike racer,,check yo rear axle are the wheels going in at the top?

[ffrenchie]

It sounds like a torsion bar broke When my front spring broke it made no difference to the height of the car but it made a horrible noise when you tried to steer right or left.

[bikergraham]

It sounds like a torsion bar broke When my front spring broke it made no difference to the height of the car but it made a horrible noise when you tried to steer right or left.

Yes FFrenchie you are correct.I had a front spring go,it completely broke in two on a speed bump,no i was going very slowly,but my steering was locked over to avoid another car,heard it go but it didnt seem to make a difference to anything.
 I'm pretty sure there is a way of checking the ride height on any car,i dont have a workshop manual but i'm sure that the interweb will spit it out ,and the torsion bars are adjustable arent they ?

[Nsr500rossi]

Haha yes it's nsr500 as in the Honda nsr500 Grand Prix two stoke and Rossi as is valentino ?

Thanks for the advice ..the van is not lower on any one corner ..it's pretty even front and rear and the rear wheel is not leaning in

Not clonking or grinding noises ..drives fine ..just when going over speed bumps it seems how you say ..uneven

[Top drive]

probably had one spring replaced due to snappage and left the saggy old one on the otherside.

[geoff]

A berlingo has a unique ride quality which some would say is way beyond quirky so maybe if you are new to it perhaps there is nothing actually wrong ......

....the van is not lower on any one corner ..it's pretty even front and rear and the rear wheel is not leaning in

Not clonking or grinding noises ..drives fine ..just when going over speed bumps it seems how you say ..uneven

Perhaps one damper is weaker than another ??

When is the MOT this could be a good time for a free check over ?

[Nsr500rossi]

I spoke to a mechanic friend and he said the same ..one spring replaced and saggy old one Left ..makes sense ...maybe . I shall measure the distance from centre of wheel to arch at the front, if one side is higher than the other then I guess it's the spring as that would effect the rear ride height as well ..does that sound right
Cheers

[brodfather11]

The strength of the springs set the ride height , worn shock absorbers don't affect the ride height, just the amount of bounce in the springs.