Chris,
The best option for future changes is to make the rear end adjustable. I have
managed to do this on my rally car using Ford Cortina camber control offsets I
got from a suspension shop(they are made in Australia but I don't know the
company). These are basically an offset washer located to a bolt which act on
lugged plate welded to the cross member.
These work great as you can adjust the back end if need be & getting the initial
set up on a alignment machine is made very easy. These have never moved on my
car(it has been down some pretty rough roads) after the initial setup after being
done up with large spanner & a bar.
Regards
--
Ritchie Williams
Carter Holt Harvey Plastic Products
696 Te Rapa Rd
Private Bag HN3044
Hamilton
New Zealand
ph 64 7 8493 999
fax 64 7 8498 764
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Gary Savage wrote:
> Chris Halpin wrote:
>
> > It sounds like a simple enough idea, but I was just wondering do the bolts
> > holding the arms to the XMember ever want to move around in their
> > now-much-bigger holes? What sort of torque do you put on the bolts to stop
> > any unwanted movement?
>
> That is the problem. Once slotted, you will not want to run poly bushings in
> the rear control arms, as the misalignment caused by the slotting will eat the
> bushings and cause them to bind. You can't torque the bolts enough to hold
> them in place. Once aligned, drive slowly to a shop and have the washer tack
> welded. Slotting is not the real answer, thus the creation of the penultimate
> crossmember, but if you slot and weld using stock rubber bushings, it will
> work.
>
> --
>
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