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T3 camber plate's bearing seized?

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Old 05-31-19, 09:21 PM
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T3 camber plate's bearing seized?

I just bought some t3 camber plates that are new off a friend. The bearing will not turn at all. I haven't mounted them yet. But it seems to me that the bearing should be free to rotate. Is this the way they are when new or what?
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Just checked mine and yeah, the pillow ***** are very stiff. But I think they're teflon lined, and when installed the strut will have about 2 feet of leverage on them. I'm pretty sure they'll loosen up a little as they wear in.


Did you get the strut rod bushings/mounting nut thingies with the camber plates?

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Thats what i need. Did u get them from t3. My struts were already cut down for camber plates. But i think it needs some kind of washer or spacer. Does the spring perch ride right on the aluminium instead of the bearing like the stock top perches?

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When you order the Camber plates they come with these sleeves / spacers / bushings things. I haven't installed the suspension yet so I don't really know how these little guys fit together.



The T3 Camber Plate "Upper Hat System" mounts on the top of the spring and has a bearing where it meets the camber plate.....


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You will need to use those aluminum spacers/ sleeves. Before installing mines I checked if the OEM strut fit in there, it was too small. I used some MR2 Koni's and they where just about right but still needed to use the smallest/ thinner spacer/sleeve they provided.
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I have some new rx7 tokico blues that someone already machined down to fit camber plates. Thats the whole reason for getting the camber plates. Is to fit the struts. I got them to work with my racing beat springs. I bought the plates off a friend on Facebook. There new but didnt come with the spacers. The car sits higher now so im thinking of just getting the weld on coilover kit. So i can adj ride height.
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