I appreciate that. It seems bearings are too tall then. The srping on the right was gouged when being installed so will ask them to address both. Tim from New Elms repled to me to say remove the blocks at rear, rather than confirming my concerns about bearing recommended to dealer and the spring length. I don't want to spend thousands more chasing an issue I didnt have before... Rebound springs don't turn by hand, very firm when laded and almost fully compressed when not...
I also do wonder if the steering feel change I had immediately after is related to the extra compression at rebound. It went hard, light, until I greased, it was never a concern before.
The static compression of rebound springs will continue the hard then light under further compression effect I explained above so really needs adressing. I'm sure main springs of a shorter length (noting new ones have more coils than old) compatible with the deep steering bearings would solve the issue and reduce if not remove static load on rebound springs. I will repeat though new kingpin bushes take a while to bed in which will mask such effects. As an experiment I temporarily left the dampers off mine immediately after fitting new ones. Kingpins were stiff enough to provide an acceptable ride.
