Trailing arm/alignment question |
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Trailing arm/alignment question |
Mueller |
Jan 30 2003, 08:41 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None |
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?? |
Tony C |
Jan 31 2003, 09:39 AM
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Master of Fire and Metal Group: Members Posts: 273 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Bay Area, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 25 |
Mike, I think what will happen as Brad said is that the innear ear flexes enough to mate the two surfaces. Not ideal...but it could get too triack to fix that issue.
-Tony |
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