upper control arm help
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From: hanceville al
upper control arm help
Hey all,
I am replacing lots of suspension goodies on my 90. I put Van steel coil overs front and rear, 32m sway bar front 26 rear, van steel rear toe bar hiems joint kit, poly bushings, new toe rods and ball joints for the front. Should be in good shape once I'm done. BUT along the way I mixed up the upper control arm shims order. any help as to how to get these back to the correct order. Thank you for any info.
I am replacing lots of suspension goodies on my 90. I put Van steel coil overs front and rear, 32m sway bar front 26 rear, van steel rear toe bar hiems joint kit, poly bushings, new toe rods and ball joints for the front. Should be in good shape once I'm done. BUT along the way I mixed up the upper control arm shims order. any help as to how to get these back to the correct order. Thank you for any info.
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Hey all,
I am replacing lots of suspension goodies on my 90. I put Van steel coil overs front and rear, 32m sway bar front 26 rear, van steel rear toe bar hiems joint kit, poly bushings, new toe rods and ball joints for the front. Should be in good shape once I'm done. BUT along the way I mixed up the upper control arm shims order. any help as to how to get these back to the correct order. Thank you for any info.
I am replacing lots of suspension goodies on my 90. I put Van steel coil overs front and rear, 32m sway bar front 26 rear, van steel rear toe bar hiems joint kit, poly bushings, new toe rods and ball joints for the front. Should be in good shape once I'm done. BUT along the way I mixed up the upper control arm shims order. any help as to how to get these back to the correct order. Thank you for any info.
Not knowing what you've got for a shop & equipment maybe you modify the procedure but important I'd think is many of the appropriate shims.
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Take your shims to a local shop or the shop you intend to use and see if there are some local. I believe that originally a C4 is done with just one shim thickness but it may have various in it OR you may find thicker/thinner combinations locally. Your concern is the proper dimension for the bolts.With what you've done you're not looking for a tire retailer alignment. You need to be prepared for maybe a hit on the wallet.
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From: MOORESVILLE NC
Bad, bad, bad. That's what masking tape was invented for, keeping parts together. Like said just take all your shims to the Alinement shop with you. Are you removing the lower control arms? Let us know before you do.
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From: hanceville al
Thanks for the heads up, the leaf spring really put a ton of pressure on the lower control arm and it sucked removing all that. I went with the van steel coil over kit so re installing things went a lot smoother. I messed up while cleaning up and grabbed all my shims up not thinking they had to go back the way they came out. Now I have to try and get caster, camber and toe at least well enough to make it 10 miles down the road to have the pros do it.