phil m
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| posted on 27/5/02 at 03:06 PM |
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positioning of axle
am about to position the rear axle, but someone told me wait until I had the rear nudgaurds- as it is important position it relative to these . Any
thoughts -Phil
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phil m
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| posted on 27/5/02 at 04:36 PM |
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phil m
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| posted on 27/5/02 at 04:38 PM |
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sorry !!! meant MUDGUARDS !!!! 
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 27/5/02 at 04:40 PM |
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mudgaurds went in last in my case, i found it much easier to get the wheel central in the arch this way, (positioning arch rather than axle) if you
did it other way you run the risk of the wheel not been in the center of the arch, i would have thought ? i also did not do the bendy bit from the top
chassis rail to the rear till i had the arch bolted on, that way i could follow the line of the arch, so my 2p worht is......
axle, arch, bendy bit, may be wrong but.......it worked for me 
hope that makes sense?
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phil m
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| posted on 27/5/02 at 05:46 PM |
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thanks john ---what did you use as a reference point in the axle positioning ? ie centre of the hub in ;ine with ??
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 27/5/02 at 07:58 PM |
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i used the 4 tie rods as a guide, fitted them to axle, other end to brackets, pushed brakets up to chassis and tacked them in position, checked
everyting for square and welded brackets to chassis.......my tie rods are adjustable but i have had car on a jig and have not had to adjust them from
initial fitting so i can't have been far away.....i guess this is one of many ways of doing it but it worked for me.....i also placed a 3/4 bit of
box inbetween axle and bottom chassis rail when fixing spring/shocker brakets, this made sure the axle did not clonk/hit/smash into chassis when
shock's where at full stretch, again maybe not the proper way but it worked fine for me.... 
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ChrisW
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| posted on 28/5/02 at 10:48 AM |
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quote:
axle, arch, bendy bit,
Agreed. Get the axle central with the chassis - I welded the brackets to the chassis then welded the axle brackets the same distance apart and equal
distance from each end. Bolt it all up and voila!
It terms of wheel/arch position I would argue (for looks only) that you want the outer edge of the tyre in line with the outer edge of the arch (but
not proud of it otherwise you'll fail SVA). I'm planning on using wheel spacers and longer wheel bolts to adjust this. The technique has worked on
my XR2 (see left) to front wheels rubbing on the body of the shocks.
I'm sure someone can advise on the effect on handling of increasing rear track width but I'm more interested in looks I'm afraid!
Chris
My gaff my rules
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