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This last year has been brutal on me for free time. I need to make progress and get these coilovers installed. There is, however, one small issue that is causing me grief, the slot in strut body for the upper steering knuckle bolt.
I can't find the post right now, but, I believe Terry Fair wrote something to the effect that "Vorshlag goes to great lengths to prevent slipping" by installing a "slug" or offset bushing to positively locate the bolt and lock in this alignment adjustment. For illustration purposes, I have drawn the offset bushing or "slug" with 2-degrees of offset.
My questions are specifically about this slot in the strut body:
The OE shocks have a hole rather than a slot, so my first question is, what is this slot for? I am assuming, from a manufacturing standpoint, that this has something to do with one-size-fits-all. I can also imagine that it could be for tire clearance or at-the-track adjustment.
If this slot is for tire clearance adjustment, can I just make a bushing that locks the strut body all the way to one side for maximum clearance and be done with it? Or is this something where I need to assemble everything, align the car, measure the actual location of the bolt in the slot, and make specific offset bushings for each side of my car?
Does this slot have anything to do with the camber plates?
If this slot is used for at-the-track adjustment, in a similar manner to how the camber plates are used, and I wanted to make a ser of offset bushings, to facilitate making these adjustments, I would make a set with different offsets. In what increments should I make the offsets (1/8*, 1/4*, 1/2* 1*...)?
Does anyone actually rely on these slots for adjustment or are all adjustments made at the camber plates?
I have measured the slots and I see approximately 8-degrees of singularity. When holding the strut up to the steering knuckle, the body of the strut makes contact with the upper bolt boss, interfering with about half of the adjustable travel. At the very least, i would want to prevent the strut body from hard contact with the knuckle.
Thank you,
I can't find the post right now, but, I believe Terry Fair wrote something to the effect that "Vorshlag goes to great lengths to prevent slipping" by installing a "slug" or offset bushing to positively locate the bolt and lock in this alignment adjustment. For illustration purposes, I have drawn the offset bushing or "slug" with 2-degrees of offset.
My questions are specifically about this slot in the strut body:
The OE shocks have a hole rather than a slot, so my first question is, what is this slot for? I am assuming, from a manufacturing standpoint, that this has something to do with one-size-fits-all. I can also imagine that it could be for tire clearance or at-the-track adjustment.
If this slot is for tire clearance adjustment, can I just make a bushing that locks the strut body all the way to one side for maximum clearance and be done with it? Or is this something where I need to assemble everything, align the car, measure the actual location of the bolt in the slot, and make specific offset bushings for each side of my car?
Does this slot have anything to do with the camber plates?
If this slot is used for at-the-track adjustment, in a similar manner to how the camber plates are used, and I wanted to make a ser of offset bushings, to facilitate making these adjustments, I would make a set with different offsets. In what increments should I make the offsets (1/8*, 1/4*, 1/2* 1*...)?
Does anyone actually rely on these slots for adjustment or are all adjustments made at the camber plates?
I have measured the slots and I see approximately 8-degrees of singularity. When holding the strut up to the steering knuckle, the body of the strut makes contact with the upper bolt boss, interfering with about half of the adjustable travel. At the very least, i would want to prevent the strut body from hard contact with the knuckle.
Thank you,