Padstar
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| posted on 26/8/13 at 11:56 AM |
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Am I allowed to do this
I have got myself into a little pickle durring my front upper wishbone isnatllation. Where i have combined 2 designs my front upright/nose section is
slightly wider at the top where the front most upper bracket is approx 4-5mm wider than the standard book dimensions.
As far as i can see it i can either have the brackets reduced in depth by this much so that they site true with the back set but i am not sure if this
will then cause issues with binding on the wishbone arm when installed. The second option is to move the brackets nearer the cockpit out by 4-5mm by
inserting a packer piece. This will then bring them both into line. Is theer anything wrong with bringing these out. It will make the wishbones sit
approximately 10mm wider over the width of the car. If i did this then i guess i would have to move the lower set out as well so they site true top to
bottom as well as left to right?
Any other ideas are deffinately welcome.
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 26/8/13 at 01:06 PM |
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Not quite sure picture might help, but in general:
Pivots should be in line to stop binding, this is true for PU bushes, rubber bushes might allow for a little misalignment..
but I would be careful about moving wishbone pivots as this will affect the geometry but small changes might not matter.
Dan
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dhutch
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| posted on 26/8/13 at 05:40 PM |
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The above sounds about right to me.
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Fred W B
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| posted on 26/8/13 at 06:16 PM |
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You are not going to affect the geometery significantly if you move the upper mounts out as you describe. If you have not yet made the wishbones just
make the lower set that bit longer. If you have the lower bones already move their mounts as well.
Moving one mount in will be easier than moving 3 out, if you have the space to do that.
[Edited on 26/8/13 by Fred W B]
You can do it quickly. You can do it cheap. You can do it right. – Pick any two.
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