| Re: Planning next project |
Subject: Re: Planning next project by hcbph on 2017/1/22 13:50:09 Got the camber rods in, but going to do a little rework on the bottom end. Talking with Tom at Banski I found I have a difference in my car, unfortunately didn't figure it out early enough. Dimensions for the kit are for a 1.700" opening on the lower knuckle mount, mine turn out to be 1.640". I ended up having to use the belt sander to remove some material from the larger cone to get them in, but tore a boot in the process of trying to get them in. Getting another boot and plan to pull them out and machine the depth of the cones for more clearance. I have some shims on order that I will then use to take up the space. If I ever have to pull them in the future for hub replacement I don't want to fight it like I did this week. One nice thing about the kit, I used a digital angle gauge and measured before and after. I was able to set the same exact angle on the hub with just a 'minor' tweak of them. I used the trammel point method of initial adjustment like I did with the trailing arms and it worked out well. I did find some of my noise and sway when I got the old ones out, the bushings on the top of the camber rods were bad with one basically shot. Once done with the camber rods then onto the toe rods. I did note that it looks like I'll have to pull the spare tire and mount out to gain the access I'll need to do them. Here's a picture of the temporary rig I did to insure it's all in the right alignment once done. Digital, analog gauges plus 2 plumb bobs for good measure. May have been a bit overkill but it worked. That's where I'm at. |
