[alfa] Torsion Bar Ride Height Adjustment

[George Beston <gbeston@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Gilles

I noticed your note and the responses in the digest over the last few 
days on this subject.

I have adjusted ride height on my Alfetta which I think is very similar 
to the Milano.

I, too struggled with getting the height right.

After numerous attempts, I finally noticed that I cold effectively 
measure the height result I was getting without reassembling everything 
and putting the car back down on the ground.

It went like this;

Measure existing ride height

Establish the target ride height

Determine the amount of adjustment (difference of the above two 
measurements)

Proceed to the stage where you've separated the ball joint, just before 
starting to remove the torsion bar with the A-arm drooping towards the 
ground

Measure the height of the A-arm from the ground

Use the adjustment amount you've already figured out to set a target 
height for the A-arm

Adjust torsion bar at the rear mount, turning it the desired number of 
splines

Re-fit the torsion bar to the A-arm to give the desired height.

(note: for any given location of the torsion bar in the rear mount, the 
A-arm will potentially fit the torsion bar in two or maybe three 
positions.  One of these will be at your target.  The other(s) will be 
way off, and you can easily spot them measuring the A-arm height off 
the ground.

Re-assemble the suspension and double check the adjusted height.

I hope this helps

Regards;

George Beston
Alfetta
Spider Jr.
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