akronos

Hello , I own a 1986 Escort S2 at which a complete set-up had been mounted (springs and dampers).
Because the height was too low ,i decided to buy original shock absorber and original spring. I bought a set of Kyb shock absorber (333802) and Kyb Kflex spring for front axle (RA 1388)

Once mounted here is the problem: Car it's too HIGH and Positive camber! The car it's undrivable..

See the pics :

haz87

Wow, that actually looks like its on a jack!

Just quickly googled both part numbers and they list fine. Did you check part numbers on the physical shock/springs to check they were definitely right? Box may have been find, part not neccesarily.
Also, did you build the spring top cup assembly 100% in the correct order? (not that i can think of anything you could do wrong to cause such a lift - but worth me asking).

akronos

Yes, the code on the single parts are ok :-( .... and the top it's mount correct...It is a mistery :-(

akronos

New image, you see something that does not work ?

haz87

The assembly itself all appears in order but that spring is HUGE! Thats your problem

akronos

The code stamp on the spring are RA 1388 .....it's the correct code....

haz87

That may be so, but thats the reason for your excessive height IMO

akronos

What do you think?

akronos

I also have a spring kit of automotive FK,the short spring is for front ?

nigel b

what is the length of the new shock compared to the old one?