Please help, opinions requested

Do these look the same or different?!

 

Oops..,, photo didn’t post

 

Is the one on the right taller?

If so, it probably goes on the drivers side to compensate for drivers side lean.

 

Odd the one on the right doesn't appear to have the same coiling even if it is for the right side?

 

Right!!! I didn’t notice it before installing… the one on the right is sitting 1” lower (installed on driver side…. Even after trying to adjust for lean by moving circ clip to .85…. Still leans 1”. Dobinsons in Florida is wanting me to purchase another set, send the other back and wait until they “inspect it”. I am beyond pissed.

 

Pass/ride side and driver/left side… installed…. Clear diff, now I’ve seen it, can’t un see it!

 

Dobinsons doesn’t have right/left side…. The one the right has smaller (Diameter) coils…

 

Gotcha. I see it now.

They both have the same part #?

 

I'm wondering how our opinions will help with the fix...

 

I’d be more concerned with the rust on the welds than the springs.

 

Yep, both are tagged…. Same C59-302

 

All I could do for now was Fluidfilm it… in spring I have a bunch of flapper disks & black paint to do as much as I can

 

stick the right one the DS side

 

Opinion was if anyone noticed a difference between the 2 coils

 

Confirming one is not crazy in what one perceives.

 

That one IS on the drivers… I think the coils are smaller and not strong enough… so weird!

 

Do you have calipers? If they're off, they'd really better send you a replacement (for whichever one is wrong) without "inspecting" it first, and a measurement would close the case.

 

Yeah, they look different...

I don't blame you, that's not the response I would want either. Good luck!

 

This^

For those that don't know already (wasn't obvious to me for years) the spring rate of a coil spring is dictated primarily (there are other factors such as material) by the diameter of the cross section of the spring material.

When I saw the pic yesterday or Friday it looked to me like one was a smaller diameter (lighter spring rate).

Two pics showing caliper measurement of spring steel diameter will tell them the tale clearly and might help get you resolution quicker.

Hope you are able to get this sorted.

 

I agree, get a measurement of the coil diameters and send it to the seller. Send him a pic with the caliper still on the coils. I’ve had a shipping mistake cleared up quickly with some basic pics of what I received. You can get a cheap set of calipers anywhere if you don't have one.

If they are indeed different coils, you shouldn’t try to unsee it. Having different rates at the corners isn’t right. It sucks that you have to do the job again, but I’ve learned plenty of lessons the hard way myself. You’ll be quicker the second time around (or third?).

 

Don't judge me, I put these plastic digis in every toolkit I build--I'm too dumb to read a vernier and it makes for easy pics.

Happen to have installed 302s this morning and both of mine are 0.70" diameter wire.

 

I’ll see if anyone has some to borrow!

 

The photos of the caliper on the springs is the way to go. I'd pretty much insist they send replacements asap and you can return the wrong one(s) once replacement(s) are installed. If they sent you a single replacement spring that matches the thicker spring, would that be acceptable?

 

Local cheap tool place had plastic ones for a less than 10 bucks (non digital). They’re convenient enough to get a couple.

 

Digital calipers are one of those tools I got by without for ages, bought when I really needed them, and now find useful surprisingly often.

I hope it works out for the OP. The two springs certainly don't look identical.

 

Ok, got 70 on pass and 68.5 on drivers side… (the side that’s sagging)

 

Does it sit level for you? Also do you have a lean spacer?

 

I'll go measure my 302's in a few minutes and report back.

 

It does sit level; no spacers and the 5100 both set to the lowest height.