 Rear Control Arm Shim/Spacer, ... why are they all on one side? |
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| vesnyder |
 Jun 5 2006, 01:27 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 680 Joined: 14-April 05 From: Cleveland, OH Member No.: 3,933  |
I am in the process of replacing my rear control arm bushings and realized there are spacers where the arm mounts to the body? Fow some reason my car had all the spacers on the drivers side and none on the passengers side. These are 4 mm spacers. I did notice the drivers side was riding a bit higher than the passengers side but assumed it was the shocks. My plan is to put one spacer back on each side when I reassemble. Anybody seen this before? Any suggestions?
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| SLITS |
Jun 5 2006, 01:33 PM
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"This Utah shit is HARSH!" Group: Benefactors Posts: 13,602 Joined: 22-February 04 From: SoCal Mountains ... Member No.: 1,696 Region Association: None  |
In all probability your car was worked on by a VW or Chevy mechanic (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)
either that or your tub / trailing arm is bent...or whatever. Needless to say....take it to an alignment center that knows what the hell they are doing or string the car and get it close yourself. |
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| Eric_Shea |
Jun 5 2006, 01:34 PM
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PMB Performance Group: Admin Posts: 19,275 Joined: 3-September 03 From: Salt Lake City, UT Member No.: 1,110 Region Association: Rocky Mountains  |
Isn't this the car that needed the suspension consoule replaced? Might that have been the original issue when it was aligned the last time?
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| SirAndy |
Jun 5 2006, 01:38 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,640 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) with the above ...
also check the *other* trailing arm, without any spacers, the wheel should have something close to -2.5 deg of camber. if not, something is wrong ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) Andy |
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| Oled |
Jun 5 2006, 02:03 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 44 Joined: 5-February 03 From: San Antonio, TX Member No.: 247 |
You only have two adjustments for rear alignment. They are dealt with after you have decided what the ride height will be ( it will affect alignment if it is changed after you have set toe and camber. Toe (zero to 1/16" toe in) is set by moving the wheel in or out. The shims are then used to get the negative camber that you want.
If you like unepected adventures, drive with some rear toe out. |
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| vesnyder |
Jun 5 2006, 02:11 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 680 Joined: 14-April 05 From: Cleveland, OH Member No.: 3,933 |
Eric - This is the same car, so maybe that was the case?
Andy - Unfortunately I cannot check the other wheel at the moment, I just got done welding in a new control arm mount. Is there such thing as "typical" number of spacers? Are these things readily available (somebody said they were expen$ive?) Do you think there were three in the other side and somebody disposed of them to compensate for the crack in the mount? |
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| davep |
Jun 5 2006, 02:56 PM
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914 Historian Group: Benefactors Posts: 5,143 Joined: 13-October 03 From: Burford, ON, N0E 1A0 Member No.: 1,244 Region Association: Canada |
QUOTE(vesnyder @ Jun 5 2006, 12:11 PM)  Are these things readily available (somebody said they were expen$ive?) Available? Yes: http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=4892 |
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