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#1 dextervw

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Posted 28 October 2020 - 01:04 PM

Hello all,  was working on aligning my buddies mini pickup last night.  Its got a fair amount of work done to it (honda d swap).  The funny thing was the caster was in the wrong direction... it was about 7 degrees negative!!

 

The geometry all looks right on the custom subframe, at least right enough to be within a few degrees.  Could this be caused by the upper arms being reversed side to side cause this?   Are the top arms supposed to curve towards the front or the rear of the car?

 

Maybe swapping them will cure this issue?

 

Thanks

Dave   



#2 GraemeC

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Posted 28 October 2020 - 01:19 PM

The top arms are certainly handed - usually identified by the shock pin, but of course this can be swapped. Another identifier is the droop stop pad.

The arms should point forwards slightly.

 

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