rear beam issues???help please

[tadley parkie]

i have a 1995 williams 3, i have noticed that it sits wonkey on the drivers side rear. I have looked through the forum for anything that can fail and the only thing i can find is the trailing arm bushes. but i dont know if these failing could cause this if anyone can shed any light on the situation would be greatly appreciated.

[RB23]

Torsion bar snapped or slid out of the mounting?

[schakal]

have you checked shock absorbers on both sides ?

[tadley parkie]

I dnt think it's anything to do with the shocks? As I believe that on the rear all they do is absorb the bounce from the torsion bar? Not to sure on that one. And Im pretty sure that they are still on the mounting brackets not to sure on that one either can you point me in the rite direction to what I'm looking for.

[schakal]

well yeah it does help if they are connected to the car though .lol
If you remove a shock, it does affect height !!

[tadley parkie]

I guess so yeah lol however they are still attached yes

[northy]

check the bar isnt bent!

Look for a kinck or bend in the angle section running across from one side to another.

[tadley parkie]

Really appreciate the help guys gunna have it apart at the weekend just needed a point in the direction of what to look out for. I will get some photos so u can all have a gander see if you pick up on summit I may have missed. Cheers

[LEIGH-ANNE]

Arent you located at hayling?

[tadley parkie]

I'm not no I'm near Basingstoke

[LEIGH-ANNE]

I could get my cousin to take a look, hes in hayling tho

[tadley parkie]

Well I'm thinking of going to Renault tomorrow morning and taking a look over long weekend, but if all else fails im not too far from k tec but appreciate the help

[LEIGH-ANNE]

Yer ktec will help im sure :D

[tadley parkie]

Hope so if I cnt sort it I'm sure Dave will be able to.

[Evogone]

Bent the stub axel.....??? don this on the rally car a few times?

[tadley parkie]

could be mate not sure gunna have it apart tomorrow got to check a 5 turbo out too so mite aswell make a day of it. poped to reanult this morning for a price on new torsion bar and they dont do them anymore only as a whole rear axle 497.94 +vat thats without new shocks too.

[tadley parkie]

I fixed it :) very happy now. Didn't cost me anything either.

[LEIGH-ANNE]

goodo :)

[northy]

what was up with it ?

[cliokiz]

really annoys me when people don't bother to mention what the fix was :x

[tadley parkie]

I took the rear torsion bar out there didn't seem to be anything wrong with it sat pretty even I then had a look around the from and noticed the front shocks. I dont know if it's the same on all the others but mine are different lengths ( on shock has more coils than the other) I believe this is because of the wieght of the engine being over one side of the car, so I swapped them round and it seems to have done the trick.[/list]

[Wobba]

You mean one has more spring coils? I'd say you have an incorrect or snapped spring then.