Dumb Question About Eccentric Bolts

[stu in wichita]

I'm assembling my front end and have a dumb question.  What direction should the eccentric bolts point?  I mean, do they install from the engine bay, the wheel well or one from each direction?   

They can be installed from either direction, and I think they'd work either way, but is there a "correct" direction? 

Thanks for the help.

-Stu

[brads70]

Maybe this will help. 

[stu in wichita]

Maybe this will help.

I have Moog offset bushings set up as shown.  My question is about the eccentric bolts themselves.  Do the two bolt heads install so they are pointing fore and aft from the outside of the car (wheel well) or from the engine bay side. 

If there is a right and wrong way, I imagine it's based on a couple of issues:

• Exposure of the threads on the nut end.  They'd be more protected if the nuts were on the engine bay side.
  
  
• Maybe one way has better access by the alignment guy to loosen the nut and turn the bolt.

   
As usual, I'm probably over-thinking this.

-Stu

[rusty dodge]

Pic shows how it was originally, nut on the engine bay side. I reversed them for looks. Alignment was no problem.

[stu in wichita]

Cool, just what I needed to know.  I may reverse them as well, just for looks. 

If feels good to finally be bolting a few parts ON the car instead of taking them off . 

Thanks for the info.

-Stu

[anlauto]

Nuts are ALWAYS on the engine side

[Chryco Psycho]

 

[brads70]

I have Moog offset bushings set up as shown.  My question is about the eccentric bolts themselves.  Do the two bolt heads install so they are pointing fore and aft from the outside of the car (wheel well) or from the engine bay side. 

If there is a right and wrong way, I imagine it's based on a couple of issues:

• Exposure of the threads on the nut end.  They'd be more protected if the nuts were on the engine bay side.
  
  
• Maybe one way has better access by the alignment guy to loosen the nut and turn the bolt.

   
As usual, I'm probably over-thinking this.

-Stu

Opps I misunderstood you.