datsundan Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 this weekend i just removed the old rubber bushings from my front control arms on my 72 510 with some polyurethane ones. anyways now that i dont have loose blown out rubber bushings i had to readjust and lengthen my techno toy tuning t/c rods about a half an inch on both sides. now my alignment is way off to the left and the steering wheels is heavier turning right instead of left. any thoughts upon why my car is pulling so hard to the left and the thick steering? could this be a caster alignment issue and how would i go about aligning the caster in my garage?:mad: Quote Link to comment
slodat Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 Take it to an alignment shop. I didn't and ruined a set of nice tires! Quote Link to comment
yello620 Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 Shorten the left TC rod a little or lenghten the right TC rod a little. This will get you close. You need to to take it to an alignment shop to get it done properly though. A ruined set of tires is way more expensive than the cost of the proper aligment. Jason Quote Link to comment
Bleach Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 Shorten the left TC rod a little or lenghten the right TC rod a little. This will get you close. Will you generally want both rods the same length? Quote Link to comment
thisismatt Posted October 6, 2008 Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 I wouldn't use poly bushings for the LCA with any caster, unless i wanted the bolt to sheer off. Loosen the TC to LCA bolts when you adjust and then tighten them back up. This will give you a little bit of play like Icehouse noted on the realm. I made a post about front end adjustment over on the 510 realm that you might find helpful/enlightening: http://the510realm.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=10220&p=103045#p103045 Quote Link to comment
datsundan Posted October 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2008 the thing is though i dont want any extra caster im just looking to have it dialed in the center. Quote Link to comment
Guest jaimesix Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 Extra caster and hard polyeurethane bushings sound mutually exclusive. I am not an expert, but if adding caster to a fixed arm is posible through rubber bushing flexibility, the only way to play with a fixed arm with polyeurethane bushings would be to replace the arms for adjustable arms. What am I missing? Jaime.____________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment
datsunhead Posted October 8, 2008 Report Share Posted October 8, 2008 measure caster on the strut housings. set at 3 degrees. Quote Link to comment
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