Pajero Owners Club of South Africa

My 98 2.8td SWB with rancho shocks and the MyRide system (bought it like this) is not standing level.

The nose seems to be pointing downwards, thus the rear seem higher when standing on level surface.

Being a first time Pajero / Mitsubishi owner, is this something common or do i have to look deeper?

Can you not crank up the torsion bars.

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What does the wear on the tires look like. I suspect it wasn't recently checked over for wheel alignment. I would recommend you take it to a reputable 4x4 wheel alignment center and ask them to set the front torsen bars for you to level the vehicle properly.

The wheel alignment and tire rotation was done before my holiday trip. They did say that the tires are flat spotted all the way around. It is still ok to drive with but not ideal.Nothing else was mentioned.

schalkwepener wrote:The wheel alignment and tire rotation was done before my holiday trip.

IMHO - a reputable wheel alignment center should point out that the vehicle isn't level, I mean, you can spot that it isn't right with the naked eye!! They should then offer to level it out for you. If the suspension has sagged too much, they can even offer to replace the parts for you and make more business.

Either way (rant over), you'll need to take it somewhere to have the wheel alignment set again, and verify that they can set the torsen bars for you.

PS it really is a simple process by setting a bolt on both sides and measuring all the time to ensure the gaps are the same both sides.

I take it your car has a lift kit if its running rancho shocks?

You might be experiencing the same problem i had. If I raise the front suspension so that the front and rear are level, the front control arms are only a mm or 2 from the bumpstops.

The only way to ensure that we still have a decent amount of suspension travel was to set the front lower than the rear.

A good alignment shop can check all of that for you though.

overambitious wrote:I take it your car has a lift kit if its running rancho shocks?

Interesting question, I don't think so as far as I am aware i only have the shocks and myRide. Thanks for the comment.

I'll see if I can get to a alignment centre on the weekend.

Finally made it to the alignment centre.

They managed to tighten the torsion bars with out having a problem with the bump stops. There is still a lot of space left between the stop and the plate.

The car feels completely different now, much more stiff in front. I think the Rancho's have a easier time as well now.