Trailing arm/alignment question Options

[Mueller]

Hopefully this makes sense to someone besides me (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Pictured below is a bad representation of the trailing arm shaft and the inner trailing arm ear.

When adjusting the alignment on the trailing arm which side is tightend down first? (mount or inner ear)

I cannot see how the face of the trailing arm shaft and inner ear are perfectly flat against each other, if the outer mount is moved and tightened so that it mates perfectly flat with the shaft as well something has to give.

The 3° in the picture is just number I came up with...but ideally, one would want 0° on both planes where the mounts mate with the shaft.......with the current design, both mating surfaces can be perfectly flat with one another, but the alignment more than likely will not be correct??? IMHO

Opinons?? / Flames??

[Brad Roberts]

Mike,

Your correct in your thinking. The inside of the crossshaft does not sit flush on the control arm ear ( I see this when pulling apart a plastic bushing car or a rubber bushing car) I will say: I think the ear will twist and bolt up flush with the cross shaft.

My plan is to tighten the inside one first on Ron's car and then tighten the outside mount last, then adjust toe. At rest the control arm is almost 0 toe. Its starting to look like the mono balls are the way to go. They would "angle" and move around to mount flush on the ears at all times.

B