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| morehills |
 Mar 28 2025, 09:39 AM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 134 Joined: 2-March 23 From: Great Barrington, MA Member No.: 27,202 Region Association: North East States 
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When taking my trailing arms out I noticed that I had three shims on the passenger side and only two on the driver's. Is that normal? I think I remember how they were set up for reinstall, but is there any general wisdom on how to configure them when I put the suspension back in. I'll have the rear aligned by my shop when they reinstall the engine, so maybe this is not very important. Thanks, John
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| technicalninja |
Mar 29 2025, 09:27 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,531 Joined: 31-January 23 From: Granbury Texas Member No.: 27,135 Region Association: Southwest Region
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Forgot an IMPORTANT step...
"Jouncing" the car between measurements. If you make ANY adjustment the suspension pieces have non-normal loading on them. You will see good alignment techs bouncing the car between adjustments on a rack. This helps bigtime but I believe rolling the car forward and jabbing the brakes hard enough to "jounce" the car is better. This is a PIA on a rack. It is NEVER a bad idea to take a spirited drive after you're done and recheck your alignment stats. Edit: Brant, your shit is BAD-ASSED! Ninja approved! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ninja.gif) If you've got a set up like Brant, you DO NOT need my suggestions... Brant's set up ALSO provides triangulation on the mount. It's STRONGER! |
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morehills Set up for rear trailing arm shims? Mar 28 2025, 09:39 AM
gnomefabtech Those shims are how you set rear camber. All these... Mar 28 2025, 10:42 AM brant You have to do a 4 wheel alignment whe the car is ... Mar 28 2025, 11:01 AM morehills Thanks. I have an excellent shop. So I'm sur... Mar 28 2025, 12:37 PM mlindner And buy some extra shims to take to speed things u... Mar 28 2025, 12:40 PM brant I’m sure I’m not the only one here with a to g... Mar 28 2025, 12:57 PM
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I’m sure I’m not the only one here with a to ... Mar 28 2025, 11:11 PM flxzcat Stupid question, but are the shims only for adjust... Mar 28 2025, 02:38 PM Dave_Darling
Stupid question, but are the shims only for adjus... Mar 29 2025, 04:16 AM Olympic 914 When you change shims, do you also possibly change... Mar 29 2025, 08:15 AM technicalninja those shims adjust camber BUT...
Toe is adjusted ... Mar 29 2025, 09:09 AM brant These help keep things the way they should be Mar 29 2025, 09:20 AM bkrantz And since a 914 is a pretty light car, if you tend... Mar 29 2025, 08:37 PM |
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