Dropping Front End (issue)
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Dropping Front End (issue)
My front end sat up pretty high and I had to remove alot of spring to bring it back down to a normal height and I'm worried I went to far.. After dropping the front my tires were angled in pretty good so I started removing A-Arm shims (in equal proportion) to get it somewhat back to where it was so I could at least drive to town and get a front end alignment. The problem now is that I just removed my last shim on the front-right A-arm and I believe it needs to go even more..
Am I SOL?
Am I SOL?
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From: North Easton Mass
My front end sat up pretty high and I had to remove alot of spring to bring it back down to a normal height and I'm worried I went to far.. After dropping the front my tires were angled in pretty good so I started removing A-Arm shims (in equal proportion) to get it somewhat back to where it was so I could at least drive to town and get a front end alignment. The problem now is that I just removed my last shim on the front-right A-arm and I believe it needs to go even more..
Am I SOL?
Am I SOL?
Rick B.
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It was alot of work the first time because I had to pull and cut them 3 times before getting the height I wanted. I could probably put a spring pad in there but then my front would be to high again. Grrrr
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Its sitting exactly how I want it but the tires are still not straight after removing all the shims in the A-arm.. When you cut the springs to drop the front end, you change the caster/camber so you have to make sure you have enough shims to straighten them back out again, which I didnt.
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Thats what mine did too but pulling shims and re-tightening the bolts pulls the "top" A-arm away from the center, which corrects this.. Not sure why yours is different?
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One issue that may need to be address is frame sagging in thru the front cross member. When I worked in a frame and alignment shop back in the 80's one thing we had to do a lot is pull the sag out of the front cross member to get enough positive camber for alignment. It was a common problem on full frame cars. This is one place where a spreader bar comes in handy it build rigidity across the the A frames.
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A body shop or some frame shops have a portapower to spread the towers that have bent in, back out. Then you can add a spreader bar to keep it correct.
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Offset A-arm shafts are available to add camber.
Here is a set. http://www.zip-corvette.com/Zip/prod...?pf_id=ZSU-506
VBP and others sell them too.
Here is a set. http://www.zip-corvette.com/Zip/prod...?pf_id=ZSU-506
VBP and others sell them too.
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Offset A-arm shafts are available to add camber.
Here is a set. http://www.zip-corvette.com/Zip/prod...?pf_id=ZSU-506
VBP and others sell them too.
Here is a set. http://www.zip-corvette.com/Zip/prod...?pf_id=ZSU-506
VBP and others sell them too.
