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RE: Rear Suspension

To: "The Romagni's" <mrdr@buckeyeweb.com>, <6pack@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: Rear Suspension
From: "Steve Hanselman" <tr6@kc4sw.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 21:00:40 -0700
Marty,

I'm guessing that not having the trailing arm bushes centered properly might
do that, on the other hand when I looked at mine(before I tore it apart) I
could swear it looked about how you've described it.  I assumed it was bad
and my winter rear end repair project would fix it, now I'm not so sure....

BTW how did you get the bump stops off?  I looked at mine and haven't
figured out how to get them off.

Steve
72 TR6
tr6@kc4sw.com

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of The Romagni's
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 6:22 PM
To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Rear Suspension


Hi fellow listers,

I've just completed rebuilding the rear suspension of my TR6. I pulled,
rebuilt and re-installed the differential along with new rubber diff
bushings.
I also put in the uprated springs, rubber spring packing, hard rubber
trailing
arm bushings, new bump stops and link mounting rubbers from TRF (shocks and
u-joints - ok < 6K miles). After I was lowered it to the ground, I noticed a
couple of things: 1) the drivers side tire sticks out farther than the
passengers in relation to the body and 2) the gap between the top of the
tire
and the bottom of the fender "seems bigger" although I have no starting
measurements to back that up.

My questions are about the first problem. To confirm what my eyes were
telling
me, I measured the distance between the diff flange and the brake backing
plate and found the drivers side does stick out farther than the passengers
side by about 9/16 in. I double-checked that everything is tight also! What
could cause such a noticeable difference? Should I worry about this? How can
I
correct it?

Thanks in advance,

Marty Romagni

1974 TR6

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