Right guys,
I have 8 brackets and 4 bones.
What's the best way to get everything aligned correctly and which bracket shall I start with first.
Cheers,
Pat..
Got any bush?
I made an 'H' shaped assy with holes driled in the legs to accept threaded rods the same distance apart as the upper and lower mounts. The
brackets were secured to the threaded rod at the required separation with nuts. I then tacked the lower brackets in position, rotated the
'H' frame around the lower pivot to bring the upper bracket in contact with the chassis and tacked them.
I've seen examples of another jig to ensure the lower two pairs of brackets remain parallel but I didn't find it too difficult to achieve
this by accurately clamping the chassis to the baseboard and marking out on that.
Mick
Pat,
These any good?
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I would use the lower, rear bracket as the datum point and work from there.
Hope that helps,
James
I did the same as james, but with some old bits of ply/mdf i had floating around. also remember to mark the centre lines of the cross members of the
jig and align these with the centreline of the chassis so the brackets are correctly positioned in all planes. Plenty of g-clamps come in handy, start
with the bottom wishbone, bottom bone rear mount is the easiest to position first imho as it sits flat on the lower chassis rails....
oh, and measure it lots of time before tacking it up
Ned.
front lower jig
[Edited on 20/1/05 by ned]
Oh and I almost forgot!!!
I fitted FU 1&2 at the same time as the brackets. 
Mick
quote:
Originally posted by Mix
Oh and I almost forgot!!!
I fitted FU 1&2 at the same time as the brackets.
Mick
Looks like theres's a bit of a gap on that right hand upper rear.
Mick
Ned
The book is wrong !! 
Please check the position of your top bones before going much further
Mick
Cheers guys.
That's everything I need to know.
And I agree, Ned has definately got his front top bones in the wrong place.
Pat...
Ahem - pic was 'work in progress' and i must say they have progressed a little closer to the front of the car now!! i've also replaced
my 'gaffa tape special' shocks.
Ned.
quote:
Originally posted by Mix
Looks like theres's a bit of a gap on that right hand upper rear.
Mick