installing beam plates?
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Drifting
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From: woodbury new jersey
installing beam plates?
anyone whos installed beam plates on their car, how hard was it? could i take one bolt out and slide the plate on top, then take the other bolt out and do them one at a time so that i dont have to try and realign it all? im just afraid that if i take the bolts out, that i wont be able to get them back in. any info? thanks
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Unless the holes in the beam are flogged out you will find the bolts will only go in (real easy) when the beam is in the correct alignment.
When I put the beam back in I do the rears first , then do the fronts with a floor jack under the trans.A fraction of a inch up or down make the difference between slide in and no go.
You will appreciate the plates next time you have to take the beam out
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Just be sure to adjust the position of the tail/beam plate before torquing it in place. Otherwise, you'll be getting some "buzzing" from the drive line that will be annoying, not to mention tough on U joints.
You have ± about 1/4" from the dimensions (below) to play with. (I got my gauges from Bill B, but you can make you own with a wooden dowel, I recon
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Beam plates...Wouldn't be w/o them!
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Drifting
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From: woodbury new jersey
wow thanks i appreciate that! doesent seem too bad, im sure ill find a way to get it back together again! now i just need to get this damn exhaust off, the bolts are all rusted up
