L5W
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| posted on 26/6/09 at 12:38 PM |
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rear camber adjuster & hub carrier
Hi,
I'm assembling the rear suspension components and have found that the rear camber adjuster is very tight when attempting to guide it into
position in the hub carrier. I've not tried forcing it and it seems to be the same for both sides of the car. Does the steel polybush liner need
to be filed down to make it fit or is the hub carrier too narrow at the top?
I have tried to show this with the picture below
cheers,
Lee
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afj
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| posted on 26/6/09 at 12:42 PM |
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I think i had to give it the file treatment
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Kev99
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| posted on 26/6/09 at 12:46 PM |
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Yup mine was tight too file the crush tube down a little bit
Kev...
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graememk
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| posted on 26/6/09 at 12:51 PM |
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woops i used a big hammer
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dan__wright
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| posted on 26/6/09 at 01:10 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by graememk
woops i used a big hammer
what he said, lots of brute force, swearing, grunting and pushing
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eccsmk
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| posted on 26/6/09 at 01:28 PM |
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i had to file the bust then the crush tube to get mine to fit on the drivers side
the passenger one went straight in
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ReMan
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| posted on 26/6/09 at 03:00 PM |
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Probably too late now, but if you measeure your crush tubes, you will probably find quite a varience in lenght.
I selected the best ones for the bracket in each case and then left with one or tywo to file, one or two to shim
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james h
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| posted on 26/6/09 at 03:02 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by dan__wright
quote:
Originally posted by graememk
woops i used a big hammer
what he said, lots of brute force, swearing, grunting and pushing
Make sure you eat 8 weetabix or so for breakfast, I found it helped.
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L5W
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| posted on 26/6/09 at 04:29 PM |
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thanks for the replies, will give the file a go first
http://l5w-mk-indy-zetec.blogspot.com/
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cd.thomson
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| posted on 26/6/09 at 05:23 PM |
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it is interference fit up to a point, so dont file until its easy to get in. give it a few good smacks with a rubber hammer.
Craig
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procomp
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| posted on 27/6/09 at 09:00 AM |
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Hi
Get it to fit and then disconnect the adjuster from the wishbone or the whole wishbone from the chassis. And make sure it can rotate without to much
force. You wouldn't want it to break due to being locked solid.
Cheers Matt
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L5W
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| posted on 27/6/09 at 08:05 PM |
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thanks for all the advice, I filed down the steel sleeve and it went together a treat. I've got one of the rear corners assembled as a result
cheers,
Lee
http://l5w-mk-indy-zetec.blogspot.com/
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