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1999 306 sedan rear torsion bar adjustment
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(25-06-2018, 09:23 PM)Mighty306 Wrote: Once you've stripped a beam down you'd see why grease nipples would be of no help.  From the factory these lasted a long time anyway. I sold one at 13 years old on the original beam.  Rebuilt well it could outlast the rest of the car.

I've attached some pictures I took on a concrete bridge, not too far from level.
Car is not unloaded of junk at this point though, you can just see the right side is lower in height.
Using a plumb-bob made with light nylon and a small lead sinker, I picked up worse positive camber on the left side.
I could convert it to degrees by using the gap over the tyre contact point distance, it has to be done forward of the bulge at the bottom of course.
The difference top to bottom on the right side was about 6mm positive, the left side about 10mm positive.
I have to look for my saved alignment data, but if there is no adjustment for camber, I guess there is a problem.
Any guess as to the extent of parts I will require to complete the job. If the rollers do not run on the actual shaft, can it be rebuilt and machined to speciied size?  Maybe these parts are available on line, but postage will be a factor.


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RE: 1999 306 sedan rear torsion bar adjustment - by weka - 27-06-2018, 07:11 AM

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