Rear Wheel alignment with Panhard

[Bmr4life]

I recently put on shocks struts springs panhard lca and lca brackets. I'll go back and check torque on everything then

I bet its your brackets.

 

[Bullett]

Ok so one question here, u can leave the car on the ground or put jack stands on the axle, or just leave the jack on the pumpkin correct?

 

[Rob72]

Ok so one question here, u can leave the car on the ground or put jack stands on the axle, or just leave the jack on the pumpkin correct?

Don't crawl under there with only a jack supporting the car. The first 2 methods will work.

 

[Bmr4life]

Reverse the car onto some ramps.

 

[VTXFrank]

Ok so one question here, u can leave the car on the ground or put jack stands on the axle, or just leave the jack on the pumpkin correct?

Jack it up on the pumpkin and once you have it high enough for you to get under there, put some jackstands on the axle tubes as close to the pumpkin/jack as you can get them. Then lower the car just enough so that there is about a 1/4" of space from the tubes to the jackstands. That way, you leave all the weight on the jack, but if the jack fails, those stands are there to catch the car.

Or reverse it onto ramps as mentioned. Either way will work fine.

 

[Bullett]

Ok awesome. And to adjust, u loosen the two nuts on each side then adjust using the center... Thing... Lol sorry don't know what it's called.

 

[Rob72]

Ok awesome. And to adjust, u loosen the two nuts on each side then adjust using the center... Thing... Lol sorry don't know what it's called.

Yes. Once you adjust it take a short drive involving turns and then take your measurements. Before I installed mine I made it a 1/2" shorter than the factory bar.

 

[ArizonaGT]

TBH just put the rear up on jackstands (under the tubes, directly below the spring perches), then disconnect the stock bar. The body will settle to center. Then just install the adjustable bar and tune the length until the holes line up.

 

[Bullett]

Awesome thanks guys

 

[UltraKla$$ic]

TBH just put the rear up on jackstands (under the tubes, directly below the spring perches), then disconnect the stock bar. The body will settle to center. Then just install the adjustable bar and tune the length until the holes line up.

This will work? Why didn't I think of this???

 

[BadHabit2Break]

This will work? Why didn't I think of this???

Because that is what we did on mine and it it shifted.

 

[ArizonaGT]

This will work? Why didn't I think of this???

Yeah I "discovered" this when I finally installed an adj. PHB on my lowered '06 GT, I adjusted the new one to stock length, and it was too long when I put it in the car to install it--the rear had centered itself once the restraint (the stock PHB) was removed.

So then I had to shorten the adj bar a bit to get the upper hole to line up. Piece of cake.

 

[Mach2burnout]

They won't always center themselves. Mine shifted about 5/8" to the left of center when the stock bar was removed. I've run adj. PH bars many times before so I knew what to expect.


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[gottoast]

Thanks for this DYI guide!!!

Darren, I know you're a serious jack user. Surely you have RAMPS. This is Lowered Car 101!

Go to Home Depot and buy a 12' long 2x12. Have them cut it into two 3' sections, two 2' sections, and two 1' sections. They'll do it for free. Nail them together and voila.

You HAVE to have these for any lowered car. I can't even get my jack under any of my cars without these. They're safer than those horrific steel ramps that are too narrow for any performance tires and slide all over the driveway. I can do almost all my basic maintenance with just these, and of course these make it easy to slide the jack under the car to get it higher when needed.

 

[Napoleon85]

Darren, I know you're a serious jack user. Surely you have RAMPS. This is Lowered Car 101!

Go to Home Depot and buy a 12' long 2x12. Have them cut it into two 3' sections, two 2' sections, and two 1' sections. They'll do it for free. Nail them together and voila.

You HAVE to have these for any lowered car. I can't even get my jack under any of my cars without these. They're safer than those horrific steel ramps that are too narrow for any performance tires and slide all over the driveway. I can do almost all my basic maintenance with just these, and of course these make it easy to slide the jack under the car to get it higher when needed.

Awesome! I'm making a set of these soon!

 

[ArizonaGT]

Yeah I "discovered" this when I finally installed an adj. PHB on my lowered '06 GT, I adjusted the new one to stock length, and it was too long when I put it in the car to install it--the rear had centered itself once the restraint (the stock PHB) was removed.

So then I had to shorten the adj bar a bit to get the upper hole to line up. Piece of cake.

They won't always center themselves. Mine shifted about 5/8" to the left of center when the stock bar was removed. I've run adj. PH bars many times before so I knew what to expect.


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This didn't work when I installed the adjustable PHB on my BOSS, so disregard.