duke you mentioned setting toe in with body and spring not installed. i am at this stage of installing my trailing arms.what is the dimension to set the arms at for normal ride height? a measurement from bumper on frame to arm? any info aprecciated, car is a swc.ian
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Re: rear toe in again
Ian, the normal ride height should be with the half shafts almost parallel to the ground, maybe angling down just slightly toward the wheel. Most important thing is to make sure both of them are at the same height.
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Re: rear toe in again
Normally I would use the factory ride hight dimension measuring scheme, which is usually in the shop manual, but I just took a quick thumb through my '63 manual and couldn't find it. Maybe they didn't list a ride height in '63, but maybe it's in a later mid year manual. The next best method would be to measure the distance from the ground to the center of the inner and outer strut rod bolts (each side) on a car with a known good spring and suspension. Then set each trailing arm to the same difference between the two measurements relative to the floor. Of course, I'm assuming that your frame is reasonalbly leveled out on jack stands standing on a level surface. Note that this differerence is independent of tire diameter, and it shouldn't even change with compressed spring link bushings, so any midyear with a good rear spring could be a reference. Beyond this I would use Brandon's method. Set the half-shafts level, then measure the distance from the ground to the inner and outer strut rod pivot bolt centers and adjust each trailing arm height so the difference is equal on both sides with the half shafts approximately level.
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Re: rear toe in again
The dimension you're looking for is called D-height. It's the distance between the top of the half shaft and the frame rail. Its called out in the assembly instruction manual. A.I.M john NCRS # 19684Comment
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Re: rear toe in again
thanx for your info guys, ianComment
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