--- Mark Hooper <mhooper@pixelsystems.com> wrote:
> Sorry to rain on your parade, but if you are replacing old worn out bushings
> with nice new or even harder than new urethane bushings, then the alignment
> is off anyway. The toe-in (or whatever they call it for the rear wheels) may
> stay the same (is say may because that assumes that the bushings were only
> worn/softened up and down which is not likely) but the camber is most
> definitely going to be off which requires shuffling the shims to correct.
> Alas, I believe that just pulling the bolts doesn't save you anything on a
> properly done job. Of course if the object of the exercise is just to ram
> the bushings in and be roughly driveable, or for even simple maintenance,
> then you are quite right, it would be best if the trailing arms could be
> dropped without having to screw up the alignment. Some engineer didn't get
> his tea the day they figured out that procedure.
>
> Mark Hooper
> 72 TR6 (which is giving me all sorts of suspension joy)
Gee, THANKS Mark - now I have something else to go back over (is this the
secret for why restorations take so long and cost so much?) :)
Raymond
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