[Shotimes] Axle replacement progress?

Carl Prochilo gr8sho@adelphia.net
Sun, 5 Dec 2004 21:22:45 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)


Yep.  I even have two colors for different settings.
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
92 Ultra Red Crimson

On Sun, December 5, 2004 6:22 pm, Ron Porter said:
> Yeah, but it's easy enough to mark the strut plate position with a
> Sharpie.
>
> Ron Porter
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Carl Prochilo
> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 3:25 PM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Axle replacement progress?
>
>
> True.  But those days are long gone for me...  :O
> --
> Cheers,
> Carl Prochilo
> 92 Ultra Red Crimson
>
> On Sun, December 5, 2004 2:27 pm, Ron Porter said:
>> But if the welds aren't broken, there's nothing to get out of alignment
>> if
>> you remove the strut.
>>
>> Ron Porter
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
>> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
>> On Behalf Of Carl Prochilo
>> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 1:11 PM
>> To: Shotimes@autox.team.net
>> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Axle replacement progress?
>>
>>
>> I'm sure you can get enough play if you loosen the 3 nuts on top of the
>> strut tower, and it would also help to have the plate welds broken.  As
>> for the alignment, again I suggest marking the plate on the strut tower
>> and this way you don't have to worry.  I've seen this done before when I
>> had my tranny seals replaced.  There's more than one way to skin a cat.
>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Carl Prochilo
>> 92 Ultra Red Crimson
>>
>> On Sun, December 5, 2004 10:33 am, George Fourchy said:
>>> On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 20:36:19 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time), Carl
>>> Prochilo
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>you want to leave the
>>>>strut connected to the knuckle, but you want to back the knuckle off
>>>> the
>>>>axle or half-shaft.
>>>
>>> I've discovered that one needs more flexibility in movement of the
>>> knuckle
>>> in order
>>> to get the outer stub shaft out from behind it.  This is why I remove
>>> the
>>> strut.
>>> Rather than supporting the knuckle with the strut, I support it with
>>> the
>>> LCA.  The
>>> ball joint is much more flexible and can move in multiple directions,
>>> rather than
>>> just left or right as with the strut.
>>>
>>> George
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