Because of the differential of splines you can do steps of
about 3/4 degree. Make sure you give the trailing arm a
slight push upward to take the play out and if the car is
not level front to rear be sure take that into account of
the arm angle. It is not necessary to have the car level but
you need to take that into consideration in the arm angle.
For example if the car is nose down by 3 degrees then you
want to set the arm 3 degrees less than required. To make
the car level is the best way for a first timer. To fine
tune the level just support the front by a jack and then
just adjust it till you are at true level. You want to
measure at the body edge that is just inside of the door at
the sill, it is all metal.
Alan
ladirk@gmx.net wrote:
Thx Alan, This really helps!
The inner has 40 notches - 9 Degrees change, and the outer has 44 notches - 8.1 Degree change. Hence, 4 inner down and 4 inner up should result in 3.1 degree (1 degree equals 60min). Or, 5 inner down and 5 outer up should give me 4 degrees, which might be what I am looking for (about 1 1/4 lower). I'll publish my results in the forum.
Dirk
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Dirk,
I have a table I developed to set the rear height at the
wheel center. One inch of height change is about 3.3 degrees
of swing arm change. If you just move it one tooth you will
be changing the angle by about 10 degrees which would mean a
change of 3 inches. To do smaller amounts of change you need
to change the inner teeth also. The torsion bar has
different number of teeth on each end. To change smaller
amounts you need to play the inner to outer teeth against
each other. This is the "vernier" effect. If you turn the
bar one inner tooth in one direction and then go the other
way on the outer teeth you will change the angle less that
on degree, about 3/4 of a degree. Remember to push up
slightly on the arm to remove any play in the system and you
want to try to have the left side 1/2 higher to compensate
for driver weight.
Alan
PS Good time to replace the bushings.
Dirk Heinrich wrote:
1 1/2" would actually do it. Does anyone know, how many notches on inner
or outer splines of the torsion bar that would be? I do realize that I
might have to combine some inner turns with outer turns to achieve that
- is there a list for the various lowering combinations.
Thx again,
Dirk
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Dirk
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