Flex in aftermarket camber/caster plate?
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Flex in aftermarket camber/caster plate?
I’m working with the vendor who has had great communication so far but I thought someone else may have run into this or something similar before.
This is what happens when I swing the spindle from left to right.
This video is with the nut torqued down (50ftlbs)
https://streamable.com/g2g7du
if I remove the nut there is zero binding. No flex in the plate but the shock shaft does move up and down a bit in the bearing.
https://streamable.com/xoz38b
This is what happens when I swing the spindle from left to right.
This video is with the nut torqued down (50ftlbs)
https://streamable.com/g2g7du
if I remove the nut there is zero binding. No flex in the plate but the shock shaft does move up and down a bit in the bearing.
https://streamable.com/xoz38b
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Re: Flex in aftermarket camber/caster plate?
I’m working with the vendor who has had great communication so far but I thought someone else may have run into this or something similar before.
This is what happens when I swing the spindle from left to right.
This video is with the nut torqued down (50ftlbs)
https://streamable.com/g2g7du
if I remove the nut there is zero binding. No flex in the plate but the shock shaft does move up and down a bit in the bearing.
https://streamable.com/xoz38b
This is what happens when I swing the spindle from left to right.
This video is with the nut torqued down (50ftlbs)
https://streamable.com/g2g7du
if I remove the nut there is zero binding. No flex in the plate but the shock shaft does move up and down a bit in the bearing.
https://streamable.com/xoz38b
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Re: Flex in aftermarket camber/caster plate?
I haven’t had it on the road yet, just getting it together. I haven’t verified, but it seems like the shock shaft cover is causing the bearing to bind up. I’m hoping I can modify the cover to move it an inch or so down the shaft to fix the issue. I will update the thread when I fix it.
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Re: Flex in aftermarket camber/caster plate?
Thanks. I read the linked threads from Twin Turbo.
Hard to believe that flimsy little plastic dust cover can create the kind of pressure it would take to flex that whole mount, without destroying itself within a few turns.
I'm probably missing something basic here.
Hard to believe that flimsy little plastic dust cover can create the kind of pressure it would take to flex that whole mount, without destroying itself within a few turns.
I'm probably missing something basic here.
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Re: Flex in aftermarket camber/caster plate?
That's right. There are NO aftermarket designed strut mounts that will work with the plastic covers the new struts come with. I completely forgot about that.
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