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.

Load compensators are not just spring loaded ones.

Older astras have in-line ones, that need to be changed to a different compenation value when lowered.

me

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.

How many people these days just bung on some springs and reckon thats it, the cars lowered :lol:

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

tbh if you lower your car without checking/adjusting you load compensator valve your a moron and deserve to have a crash :lol:

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should always be adjusted same as you should always get you tracking done after lowering far too often people dont bother

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Is it a big/expensive job getting it adjusted?

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So without the spring im guessing theres no braking balance at all?

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should always be adjusted same as you should always get you tracking done after lowering far too often people dont bother

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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

i really wouldnt remove the spring if you are involved in an accident they will use this against you imo

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

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Rear brake compensator.

Bascially a spring which expands when theres more weight in the back of the car. It adjusts the braking balance to the back.

Took mine off years ago as I found it actually made the rear end more skittish with it on. MOT questioned it every year :lol: but the back feels more planted without it.

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Yeh id like to know how to take this spring off :)

where abouts is this spring?

something about stiffer suspension and wet weather as well

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Rear brake compensator.

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should always be adjusted same as you should always get you tracking done after lowering far too often people dont bother

Rear brake compensator.

Bascially a spring which expands when theres more weight in the back of the car. It adjusts the braking balance to the back.

Took mine off years ago as I found it actually made the rear end more skittish with it on. MOT questioned it every year :lol: but the back feels more planted without it.

Yeah, on a corsa b there is a rear brake sensor that assumes theres more weight in the back when its lowered.

Because it thinks theres more weight, it applies more breaking force to the rear locking the back wheels up.

yes its possible

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.

This doesnt happen in abs cars apperently.

What had happened was all 4 wheels locked because of the sensor which determines how much force should be on the brakes. Apparently this sensor works by measuring how low the front/back of the car are, so it can regulate the braking. Becasue the car was lowered this messed the sensor up.

Just wondering if anyone knew if this is possible, as its quite worrying!