by saying bushes are a disaster waiting to happen do you mean that doing the shims or threaded type you have to ue rose joints???
Thanx Leighton ----- Original Message ----- From: "E Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 9:41 PM Subject: RE: Whiteline suspension upgrade > I have the same 5/8" UNF rose joints on my sunny coupe Lower control arms. > They were $90 each trade (aircraft grade) but are semi sealed and have a > load rating in keeping with the price. The advantage is that they are > precise and also allow for caster angularity on the arms. Bushes are a > disaster waiting to happen. > Cheers > Feral Errol > PS I do not believe adjustable control arms are road legal in any state. I > have been down this road many times before and have yet to any one that will > say yes they are legal. If the police look at your suspension the make it a > tow home condition here as well. Still doesn't stop most rally cars or > road/circuit cars though. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Williams, Ritchie > (Vertex Hamilton) > Sent: Saturday, 23 February 2002 2:21 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Whiteline suspension upgrade > > I have 5/8" UNF Rosejoints on the lower arms on my 1600 rally car & have > never had a problem with getting a warrant in NZ. > > They with stood a 4 x rollover which bent tie rod ends & rear control > arm & showed no signs of any damage. You would be supprised how strong a > good quality rose joint is(emphasis on good quality). If you looked at > most modern WRC cars all of them use rose joints for suspension > adjustment. They do need regular maintenance with lubrication though or > they will flog out. > > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
