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Rebuiding Inside-out |
bkrantz |
May 9 2022, 07:25 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,154 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Same on the left side.
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bkrantz |
May 9 2022, 07:27 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,154 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
After another round of bouncing and rolling, I first checked the A-arm angles. 5° on the left.
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bkrantz |
May 9 2022, 07:28 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,154 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
And 5° on the right. This might be as low as I want to go.
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bkrantz |
May 9 2022, 07:30 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,154 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Torsion bar centers are now both at 6.8" above the floor, about 3/4" lower than yesterday. Front fender lips are now 24.4 (L) and 24.5 ®.
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bkrantz |
May 9 2022, 07:32 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,154 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
The car now sits about level, with the rocker seam about 6.3" above the floor F and R on both sides.
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bkrantz |
May 9 2022, 07:33 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,154 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Since I had to pull the rear shocks again anyway, I decided to raise the rear just a bit.
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bkrantz |
May 9 2022, 07:35 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,154 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
I moved the spring perch up 1 groove.
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bkrantz |
May 9 2022, 07:36 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,154 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
To tie the spring to the upper perch, I drilled a pair of holes, and then smoothed the edges.
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bkrantz |
May 9 2022, 07:38 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,154 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
I got out my trusty safety wire and pliers. I used to wire up all kinds of stuff on race cars in the 90s and 2000s.
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bkrantz |
May 9 2022, 07:38 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,154 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Upper perch wired to the spring.
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bkrantz |
May 9 2022, 07:40 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,154 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Now there is about 1/2" of free play in the spring length. Looks like the rear perch still nicely locates the spring, so for now I will not wire that end.
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bkrantz |
May 9 2022, 07:41 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,154 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Back on the car.
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bkrantz |
May 9 2022, 07:42 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,154 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Before I lowered the car, I did a first attempt to create a bit more tire clearance inside the right fender. I think I moved it about 1/8".
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bkrantz |
May 9 2022, 07:48 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,154 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
After that, I lowered the car, did another bounce and roll session, and measured. The rear end of the rocker seam is now about 1/4" higher than the front. I think this is pretty good for now.
"Default" camber is also close enough, fronts -0.1 L and +0.5 R (and easily adjusted), rears -0.6 L and 0.0 R. Next step is to roughly set the toe and then camber. Attached thumbnail(s) |
Cairo94507 |
May 10 2022, 06:43 AM
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Michael Group: Members Posts: 10,098 Joined: 1-November 08 From: Auburn, CA Member No.: 9,712 Region Association: Northern California |
That's sitting pretty Bob. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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Shivers |
May 10 2022, 06:58 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2,787 Joined: 19-October 20 From: La Quinta, CA Member No.: 24,781 Region Association: Southern California |
Beautiful
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Puebloswatcop |
May 10 2022, 08:03 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,403 Joined: 27-December 14 From: Mineola, Texas Member No.: 18,258 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Awesome work Bob
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930cabman |
May 10 2022, 10:46 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,710 Joined: 12-November 20 From: Buffalo Member No.: 24,877 Region Association: North East States |
Recent granddaughter updates?
also, good looking and thorough work |
bkrantz |
May 10 2022, 07:08 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,154 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Thanks, guys. Getting closer.
Meanwhile, grand daughter is coming up on 3 months. Her new thing is laughing, especially at fart sounds. No idea where she gets that. |
bkrantz |
May 11 2022, 07:53 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,154 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Time to put the engine lid together. Letters in the right order (I hope).
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