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| morehills |
 Mar 28 2025, 09:39 AM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: 2-March 23 From: Great Barrington, MA Member No.: 27,202 Region Association: North East States 
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When taking my trailing arms out I noticed that I had three shims on the passenger side and only two on the driver's. Is that normal? I think I remember how they were set up for reinstall, but is there any general wisdom on how to configure them when I put the suspension back in. I'll have the rear aligned by my shop when they reinstall the engine, so maybe this is not very important. Thanks, John
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| flxzcat |
Mar 28 2025, 02:38 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 35 Joined: 13-June 11 From: lake forest socal Member No.: 13,188 Region Association: None |
Stupid question, but are the shims only for adjusting the camber?
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| Dave_Darling |
Mar 29 2025, 04:16 AM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 15,132 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California
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QUOTE(flxzcat @ Mar 28 2025, 12:38 PM)  Stupid question, but are the shims only for adjusting the camber? Yes, that is what they are for. The only thing they do is move the outer trailing arm pivot mount downwards, away from the bottom of the chassis. That causes the top of the tire to tilt outward, giving you more positive camber. Fewer/thinner shims means more negative camber, thicker/more shims means more positive camber. --DD |
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morehills Set up for rear trailing arm shims? Mar 28 2025, 09:39 AM
gnomefabtech Those shims are how you set rear camber. All these... Mar 28 2025, 10:42 AM brant You have to do a 4 wheel alignment whe the car is ... Mar 28 2025, 11:01 AM morehills Thanks. I have an excellent shop. So I'm sur... Mar 28 2025, 12:37 PM mlindner And buy some extra shims to take to speed things u... Mar 28 2025, 12:40 PM brant I’m sure I’m not the only one here with a to g... Mar 28 2025, 12:57 PM
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I’m sure I’m not the only one here with a to ... Mar 28 2025, 11:11 PM Olympic 914 When you change shims, do you also possibly change... Mar 29 2025, 08:15 AM technicalninja those shims adjust camber BUT...
Toe is adjusted ... Mar 29 2025, 09:09 AM brant These help keep things the way they should be Mar 29 2025, 09:20 AM technicalninja Forgot an IMPORTANT step...
"Jouncing" ... Mar 29 2025, 09:27 AM bkrantz And since a 914 is a pretty light car, if you tend... Mar 29 2025, 08:37 PM |
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