I reassembled my rear suspension today using Richard Goods adjustable
brackets (nice). I've run into a problem. When I disassembled the suspension,
I
found that there were four shims at every bracket except the outer left hand
bracket had 3. Doesn't this seem like a lot? The car previously drove very
well
with no abnormal tire wear. When I reassembled the suspension using the same
number of shims, I found that using Richard's instructions (He calls for a
washer on the head of each trailing arm bracket bolt. My car did not have
washers here), the bolts were too short. In fact the end of the bolt only went
about 1/2 way into the nut...not even close to the nyloc. What I did was
remove 2
shims from every mounting point so I had enough threads through the nyloc
(still just barely). What problems am I going to experience? These shims just
affect toe in right? If I removed the same amount at all 4 points, will I be
OK? I'll take the car for an allignment, but if they have to add shims, I'll
be in trouble. Any words of encouragement?
Joe Davis
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