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Is it relatively straight forward to get the tracking adjusted on the S?
One of my back rear tyres is rubbing out on the outside edge.
I bought some shims for the rear suspension a while back from David Gerald..... funny looking things but I am assuming they are right thing?? Would like to be sure that I have the right part as I guess it is likely they may be needed during the adjustment??
[pic]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v644/doddze/shim.jpg[/pic]
One of my back rear tyres is rubbing out on the outside edge.
I bought some shims for the rear suspension a while back from David Gerald..... funny looking things but I am assuming they are right thing?? Would like to be sure that I have the right part as I guess it is likely they may be needed during the adjustment??
[pic]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v644/doddze/shim.jpg[/pic]
kev s3 said:
this looks like it would fit between the end of the trailing arm and the rear of the brake drum. shape looks the same. you would have to unbolt the drum to fit these i think. hope this helps.
cheers kev
or the guys at the tracking place would...... this is what makes me nervous.... I am sure they are fine butwouldn't want them to accidently break something!!
On my S3 the trailing arm is adjustable. The arm that connects to the inner chassis mount is in two pieces held together with 4 bolts. The shims fit in here I believe. I have pictures but have no idea how to post them. Email me through my profile if you want a pic.
Otherwise have a look at the trailing arm pic on the TVRcarparts website. The pic shows the arm in two pieces.
Hope this helps
Ralph
Otherwise have a look at the trailing arm pic on the TVRcarparts website. The pic shows the arm in two pieces.
Hope this helps
Ralph
I do what Peter does.
In fact I have several large washers in my offside rear hub correcting for a bent trailing arm after a wheel/kerb interface moment. doh!
initially I wondered about the hub flexing and damaging the bearing, but i've done about 20k miles like this so far, and the car has done 103k miles in total and nothing has gone wrong yet, so although I would never recommend using washers to shim the bearing carrier it hasn't done any harm on my own car.
The ideal would be to find out what spacers you need to gain you the camber change you want and have a wedge of alloy machined up to the right spec.
In fact I have several large washers in my offside rear hub correcting for a bent trailing arm after a wheel/kerb interface moment. doh!
initially I wondered about the hub flexing and damaging the bearing, but i've done about 20k miles like this so far, and the car has done 103k miles in total and nothing has gone wrong yet, so although I would never recommend using washers to shim the bearing carrier it hasn't done any harm on my own car.
The ideal would be to find out what spacers you need to gain you the camber change you want and have a wedge of alloy machined up to the right spec.
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