[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [New Search]
On 15 Jul 2005 at 16:18, fess wrote: > I have to decide if I want to do front and back. At the moment I'm > thinking of just adjusting the front only. Attempting to do this > without disconnecting the brake lines. You won't have to disconnect the brake lines, but you will have to unbolt the calipers from the steering knuckles. It's best on the hoses to NOT just let the calipers hang by the hoses. Tie them up with wire. > One question I have is if I don't have the special tool to adust to the > specific angle, [ which might not be the angle I want anyhow, if I only > do the front at this time. ] How does one measure the angles to make > sure both sides are at the same? If it appears that the front is even (side to side) now, then you can just move an even number of spline notches, but keep in mind that the inner and outer splines are different, so you have to compare apples to apples. Before you start, you can estimate how far you want the arm to swing, and then move the number of notches that gives you that much movement. You can do a pretty good job of evening things up by just measuring the distance between the upper and lower shock supports. If those distances are equal, with the arms pushed up to take the play out, then things will be at least close. > I think the only special tool I need is a ball joint puller. Pull the ball joints out of the steering knuckles, rather than out of the trailing arms. Take care with the pinch bolts, and don't break them. If you use a chisel to spread the knuckle clamps, make sure that the chisel does not reach the bolt and put a notch in it which might cause it to break. Also, be careful. When the ball joints come out of the lower trailing arms, there's a lot of spring force behind it. You'll need something to pull the trailing arm back up into position. It won't go nearly as easily as it did when the car was lowered. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~