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Steve X16XE |
posted on 20th Nov 07 at 13:56 |
Mk4 Astra also have them. It's fun when you have to slam the ancors on on the motorway and there's a trailer behind you. | |
Superlite Ltd. |
posted on 20th Nov 07 at 13:51 |
Load compensators are not just spring loaded ones. | |
Steve |
posted on 20th Nov 07 at 13:29 |
me | |
Daimo B |
posted on 20th Nov 07 at 13:27 |
Its because the car acts as though its got a lot of weight as the suspension is lower. Its not weighty, its just that the car has been lowered. So the sping needs to be adjusted, or removed. Tracking needs to be redone. | |
22B |
posted on 20th Nov 07 at 12:23 |
definately the spring compensator on the rear of the car. After I lowered my old corsa sport(no abs), the car would always want to overtake the front end not great when you need to stop in a hurry. Always remember coming over the brow of a hill and seeing a tractor trailer combo doing a hairpin right into a junction completely blocking the road and queue of cars behind on my side, slammed the brakes on and sideways was not the word, somehow managed to get it straight and just stopped in time, people behind must have been sweating seeing me in that kind of shape coming towards them | |
Superlite Ltd. |
posted on 20th Nov 07 at 12:13 |
tbh if you lower your car without checking/adjusting you load compensator valve your a moron and deserve to have a crash :lol: | |
Edd |
posted on 20th Nov 07 at 12:05 |
quote: no not at all | |
Daimo B |
posted on 20th Nov 07 at 11:58 |
quote: Well before, when the car was standard, it was fine. When I lowered it, the back end fealt like it always wanted to overtake you under ahrd braking. Many of us suffered the same problem. Mine came off by mistake after a bodyshop didn't re-make me a bracket. But the back end fealt more planted. Failed an MOT, had to get a braket made up to hold the mechanism, but I never re-fitted the spring, and never had any problems since. Even with the rear disks. Not going to say to do it or not as it was a long time ago. | |
Ricky352 |
posted on 20th Nov 07 at 11:53 |
quote: Is it a big/expensive job getting it adjusted? | |
andyc1234 |
posted on 20th Nov 07 at 11:40 |
had some trouble a while back where the car was skidding all over the place with the fronts locking up and it turns out the compensator spring had snapped so the rear where not getting anything to them | |
Edd |
posted on 20th Nov 07 at 11:31 |
i really wouldnt remove the spring if you are involved in an accident they will use this against you imo | |
andyc1234 |
posted on 20th Nov 07 at 11:26 |
both my corsas have had the compensator and been lowered a lot at the back. even with discs on the rear now i dont really think its a problem | |
Ricky352 |
posted on 20th Nov 07 at 11:23 |
quote: So without the spring im guessing theres no braking balance at all? | |
FruitBooTeR |
posted on 20th Nov 07 at 11:22 |
Yeh id like to know how to take this spring off :) | |
deex |
posted on 20th Nov 07 at 11:20 |
where abouts is this spring? | |
andyc1234 |
posted on 20th Nov 07 at 10:57 |
something about stiffer suspension and wet weather as well | |
Dean_W |
posted on 20th Nov 07 at 10:56 |
quote: I slammed my brakes on one day when somone pulled out on me. Doing abotu 50 at the time. Back end went light, locked up and the car spun. Took the spring off the day after. Never had a problem again. | |
Edd |
posted on 20th Nov 07 at 10:55 |
brake bias | |
Daimo B |
posted on 20th Nov 07 at 10:54 |
Rear brake compensator. | |
johnhara1 |
posted on 20th Nov 07 at 10:44 |
Yeah, on a corsa b there is a rear brake sensor that assumes theres more weight in the back when its lowered. | |
Steve |
posted on 20th Nov 07 at 10:42 |
yes its possible | |
Ricky352 |
posted on 20th Nov 07 at 10:40 |
My Dad works for the DRD and gets accident reports etc. In one of them an accident was said to be caused because the car was lowered. |