Thread: aldan eagle shock question

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As long as you can keep the lower arms parallel with the ground and maintain an acceptable pinion angle, you should be ok for a temporary fix till downtime and funds will permit a proper fix.....

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

As long as you can keep the lower arms parallel with the ground and maintain an acceptable pinion angle, you should be ok for a temporary fix till downtime and funds will permit a proper fix.....

okay I looked under the car and the drive shaft shouldn't be a problem it is pretty deep in the trans... almost looks as if the car use to be higher with how deep it is... and my rear joint is pretty straight so I will try to raise it a couple of inches in the next day or so and see how my shaft and angle looks and that my lower arms are parallel with the ground... then see how it feels hopefully it will be a little better for the ride to the wedding.... or I will be like one of those guys going 45mph on the highway with there 4 ways on and everyone blowing there horns at them LOL... Dave thanks for the help and everyone else that has chimed in here it is nice to know that there are so many helpful people out there!!!! thanks everyone

simon

Originally Posted by atichargr

and that my lower arms are parallel with the ground...

Depending on whether you have a 4-bar or 4-link, you don't necessarily have to have the lower control arms parallel with the ground. On a 4-link system, you would want the lower arm to angle up towards the front a certain amount to intersect with the line drawn through the upper arms to establish your squat/anti-squat point. What arrangement do you have as far as the upper arm(s). Is there any adjustment in the front placement of the pivot point on the arms?

I will check when I get home tonight and see what if the upper bars are adjustable... I am not sure I do know the bottoms are... I assume I could buy new upper and lower mounts? I assume when you are saying 15.3 inches off the center of the diff... or is that from top center of shock to top center of shock .if that is from the diff it would put them on a higher part of the frame where it bumps up for the center of the diff... also I have never welded anything that thick I guess it would be the same as the roof etc.. just more heat and adjusted till you get the nice bacon sounding sizzle? I am sure after my wedding next month there won't be a whole lot of driving of the car so I can probably get to work on it then... I just need it for one more drive this year... I will try adjust the ones on there for now to get a little more shock travel for the "wedding ride" then I will be out of the woods and I will look in to new brackets, 758's and springs... Thanks Dave.. I will look and see what the upper arms look like when I get home this evening

simon