ISO shorter aftermarket FD toe links
05-31-16, 02:25 AM
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ISO shorter aftermarket FD toe links
I've run into an issue getting an alignment today.
For the backstory I had to replace my subframe and I think I got the toe links on opposite sides when reinstalling them because my rear wheels were both pointing toward the driver's side when I was finished. I'm pretty sure the subframe isn't off center or crooked, but it's possible because they only had a problem aligning one side. Even so, I wouldn't figure it would be possible to be off by too much. And the subframe didn't look to have any damage to make me believe that's causing the problem.
They couldn't get the driver's side in past 1.13 degrees and that was after adjusting camber to 2 degrees negative, before that it wouldn't go past 1.88 degrees. The toe link is turned in all the way on both ends. If I have to I'll cut a little off each end, but only if I know there are enough threads inside for the joints to be turned in further. But before I do that I wanted to check to see if anyone knew of toe links that had shorter bodies, since there are so many different companies offering them now.
I was going to swap back to stock toe links but with all the pairs I have, I couldn't get any of them to break loose so they could be adjusted, so I just stuck with my old Rotary Extreme set from years ago and swapped out the dust boots on the heim joints.
For the backstory I had to replace my subframe and I think I got the toe links on opposite sides when reinstalling them because my rear wheels were both pointing toward the driver's side when I was finished. I'm pretty sure the subframe isn't off center or crooked, but it's possible because they only had a problem aligning one side. Even so, I wouldn't figure it would be possible to be off by too much. And the subframe didn't look to have any damage to make me believe that's causing the problem.
They couldn't get the driver's side in past 1.13 degrees and that was after adjusting camber to 2 degrees negative, before that it wouldn't go past 1.88 degrees. The toe link is turned in all the way on both ends. If I have to I'll cut a little off each end, but only if I know there are enough threads inside for the joints to be turned in further. But before I do that I wanted to check to see if anyone knew of toe links that had shorter bodies, since there are so many different companies offering them now.
I was going to swap back to stock toe links but with all the pairs I have, I couldn't get any of them to break loose so they could be adjusted, so I just stuck with my old Rotary Extreme set from years ago and swapped out the dust boots on the heim joints.
06-05-16, 12:53 AM
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Actually I discovered that there was an issue that was causing it not to collapse all the way. Those arms had been on the car for almost 10 years and there was some rust on the heim joint threads. When he tried to turn it in, it ate the inner threads on the aluminum arm and that aluminum jammed up the steel threads, so it wouldn't allow the arm to be adjusted in all the way. I disassembled them the other night and cleaned the aluminum out of the threads and it still turned into the aluminum part since the first three threads were gone. I used anti-seize when I put it back together and I took it to get aligned yesterday. Worked like a champ.
When I have to get new ones I'll probably get those. Thanks!
When I have to get new ones I'll probably get those. Thanks!
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