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Originally Posted by Masterbeatty When you adjust the camber bolts do you have to take off the whole arm or do they turn in place? Use a 3/16" allen wrench

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Old 10-18-2013, 10:41 PM   #76 (permalink)
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When you adjust the camber bolts do you have to take off the whole arm or do they turn in place?
Use a 3/16" allen wrench to loosen up the pinch bolts. Then use a 1/2" socket to move the camber/caster adjusters. It's a slick set-up.
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Old 10-19-2013, 12:23 AM   #77 (permalink)
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Spohn,

Are the pics you posted after or before alignment? Looks like feom the pics you are maxed out for much more neg adjustment.
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Old 10-19-2013, 03:36 AM   #78 (permalink)
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Are the pics you posted after or before alignment? Looks like feom the pics you are maxed out for much more neg adjustment.
Remember, his Z is not running. Has no motor in it. So best guess is it's not been aligned yet. LOL
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Are the pics you posted after or before alignment? Looks like feom the pics you are maxed out for much more neg adjustment.
Before. I set them up close to what I had already. Which was -3 camber. There's still more to be had. I could of font better but I'll take care of that when time for alignment.
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Gotcha, I didn't realize you still have it torn down.
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Got my arms installed.

Had one bolt that was sticking out of the right side inner fender hitting the control arm at full upward travel. So I grounded it down.

In the last picture. Something that happen. When I removed the bolt that holds the upper ball joint in the spindle. The arm popped up by it's self. About 3". So this tells me that the bushings don't rotate, but twist. So there is no free movement of the arm.
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i really need these!! any DIY out there??
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Got my arms installed.

Had one bolt that was sticking out of the right side inner fender hitting the control arm at full upward travel. So I grounded it down.

In the last picture. Something that happen. When I removed the bolt that holds the upper ball joint in the spindle. The arm popped up by it's self. About 3". So this tells me that the bushings don't rotate, but twist. So there is no free movement of the arm.
Rusty, are you saying the STOCK arm is the one that binds?
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Got my arms installed.

Had one bolt that was sticking out of the right side inner fender hitting the control arm at full upward travel. So I grounded it down.

In the last picture. Something that happen. When I removed the bolt that holds the upper ball joint in the spindle. The arm popped up by it's self. About 3". So this tells me that the bushings don't rotate, but twist. So there is no free movement of the arm.
In the Last picture, it shows that you are working with the stock arm.

This happens because stock Rubber Bushings bind and dont move as freely and have much more stiction than the SPL arms.

This is because the SPL arms have Spherical Bearings and these are able to move freely.

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Rusty, are you saying the STOCK arm is the one that binds?
Yea.
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In the Last picture, it shows that you are working with the stock arm.

This happens because stock Rubber Bushings bind and dont move as freely and have much more stiction than the SPL arms.

This is because the SPL arms have Spherical Bearings and these are able to move freely.

Thanks,
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I know I would have some binding with the stock arms. But when I removed the cross bolt, and it popped up soon as I took the bolt out. Kind of took me by surprise. LOL The SPL moves nicely.
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that's what I thought Rusty!!, good install! I didnt have time to install mine this weekend!! Will do ASAP
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Got my arms installed.

Had one bolt that was sticking out of the right side inner fender hitting the control arm at full upward travel. So I grounded it down.

In the last picture. Something that happen. When I removed the bolt that holds the upper ball joint in the spindle. The arm popped up by it's self. About 3". So this tells me that the bushings don't rotate, but twist. So there is no free movement of the arm.
Same thing happened when I had my Doran arms installed. $hitty stock arms .
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Yeah my Kinetix arms have some drag, probably more than any of these fancy pants arms with sphericals, but nothing like the soft rubber bind on the stock ones. the crazy part is, every bushing on the car binds just like that!
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