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Mr 20Valve
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Re: Setting up an AE86 Sprinter - advice please.

Wed, 17 September 2003 04:47

Simon-MrRx7 wrote on Wed, 17 September 2003 13:19

the panhand rod replacement is a fallacy. Its only needed if you lower it 1.5 inchs or something wussy from stock.

if you really lower it the rod resets it self to the oem postion mine is low at rear (3 inches lower then stock) and i have OEM panhandrod and diff is centered and i dont have any issues.

its true! i swear to god Simon! Sad

virtually all the rubber bushes in the rear end were hashed & the two upper control arms were bent! also if you measured the distance between the guard & the rim, it was different on both sides as a result of the lateral rod being the wrong size... and my car was lower than 1.5" under stadard (more like 2.5")

what else wouldve caused the bushes to chew themselves out over time & the control arms to bend? (besides hitting a gutter or three! Razz

)

i agree that if your lateral rod isnt throwing your diff out of centre, then it'd be a waste of money, but in my case it was definately contributing to problems with the cars handling.
maybe an isolated case in my circumstances, i dunno... *shrugs*

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