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Posted by Jmir018 (Member # 1414) on :
 
so.. i've had a set of upper adjustable control arms sitting in my garage for over 5 months.
I never bother instaling them because i didn't have the tool nor knew the procedure to asjust the pinion angle.
Well.. today i decided to install them.
I measured the length of the stock ones and the Adjustable ones.. one side lined up great.. the other one i had to mess with it a little bit to get it to fit. Took me about 20 minutes.. the bolts came right off for the first time in my life i had no issues...
So i went for a drive afterwards.. and now the car won't stop spinning the tires.. i mean.. it'll just be spin city all the way to third.
My question is... what is the worst that can happen if my pineon is off.. it feels like i actually raised the pinion in relationship to the ground.
I wanted to take it to infineon tomorrow hoping for 12s, but i just might skip the trip if i'll just get crappy times.
Thanks.
Jersey

[ November 24, 2006, 09:05 PM: Message edited by: Jmir018 ]
 

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Posted by white50steve (Member # 5887) on :
 
you should set the pinion about about 2 degrees down. you'll need an angle finder
 

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Posted by SmokinLX (Member # 1684) on :
 
Do You have unidirectional tires and accidently got em on the wrong side? I had this happen when We did Mine .
 

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Posted by PonyXpress (Member # 7084) on :
 
Sears sells a cheap angle finder that will help you out greatly. www.baselinesuspensions.com has some great information that will help you out as well.
 

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Posted by Jmir018 (Member # 1414) on :
 

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Originally posted by SmokinLX:
Do You have unidirectional tires and accidently got em on the wrong side? I had this happen when We did Mine .

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my tires have no thread left

....Thanks for the suggetions guys..
does anyone have the tool locally in the san mateo area and can adjust mine tomorrow?
Thanks.
 

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