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Offline HP2

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Re: Handling is not right, dangerous at best.
« Reply #30 on: June 26, 2011 - 05:56:38 PM »
look at the rear toe out problem !

Yes, but with the big negative on one side coupled with the big positive on the other side, I'd say the axle housing is not square in the car.




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Re: Handling is not right, dangerous at best.
« Reply #31 on: June 26, 2011 - 11:21:02 PM »
Look again , both rear tires are - toe , which means toe out on both , the rear camber is ok .

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Re: Handling is not right, dangerous at best.
« Reply #32 on: June 27, 2011 - 11:23:00 AM »
No, rear toe shows left  is -.56* and the right is +.25* for a total combined toe of -.031*  (-.56 + .25)  with a -.41* thrust. The negative thrust with the negative left toe shows the axle is slightly out of square and points towards the drivers side. Bringing this back to a zero thrust  should bring the toe back to a -.1 left and -.16 right.  This is a very slight adjustment, something in the 1/16  of an inch range. So it could be a combination of hanger shim and re-setting the axles housing on the locating pins. Heck, it could even be as simple as removign the hangers and cleaning up the mounting surfaces. Some spring pads have slightly larger centering holes and the housing can be installed with a slight offset like this. Another approach is shims. Hotchkis sells hanger shims to correct for this problem as well.


Once you get the rear square, then like T569Bee said; as much positive caster as possible up to 4*. 0 to -1* camber. Total toe IN of .6 degrees or 1/16 inch.
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Re: Handling is not right, dangerous at best.
« Reply #33 on: June 28, 2011 - 09:38:23 PM »
Are you looking at the same chart as me ? I read .67 total toe out and .06 thrust , on the rear axle .

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Re: Handling is not right, dangerous at best.
« Reply #34 on: June 28, 2011 - 09:51:59 PM »
Are you looking at the same chart as me ? I read .67 total toe out and .06 thrust , on the rear axle .


Your not looking at the chart of the car in question....This is the one


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Re: Handling is not right, dangerous at best.
« Reply #35 on: June 28, 2011 - 09:53:06 PM »
I was looking at MJB765 sheet  ,sorry dude your rear end is wacked and your rear tires are dragging . The other one yes the axle is swung  but total toe is still off and the camber not good .I agree the before front settings were way better except for the toe .I would make them put it back and get axle hanger shims from XE or Hotchkis .

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Re: Handling is not right, dangerous at best.
« Reply #36 on: June 29, 2011 - 07:02:59 AM »
I was looking at MJB765 sheet  ,sorry dude your rear end is wacked and your rear tires are dragging . The other one yes the axle is swung  but total toe is still off and the camber not good .I agree the before front settings were way better except for the toe .I would make them put it back and get axle hanger shims from XE or Hotchkis .

Sorry to have confused anybody...I had originally posted mine for comparison.

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Re: Handling is not right, dangerous at best.
« Reply #37 on: June 29, 2011 - 10:03:53 AM »
Ahhh, no wonder.


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