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I elected to weld the them in with the inverter. They should stay put, as I also drilled 2 10 mm holes in the flat parts, and welded them to and up from the chassis.

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kululadotgroen
Posted: 2007/4/18 13:35  Updated: 2007/4/18 13:35
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 Re: Tension rod brackets welded in
To the chassis specialists, how tight or how far do one fasten the tension rods in the front where they go through the brackets?

Do you just tighten them until the sort of squeeze the rubbers a bit, or all the way till the front most and back most retaining washers are hard up against the little piece of pipe that goes over the rod through the rubbers?

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1200GXman
Posted: 2007/4/18 14:31  Updated: 2007/4/18 14:31
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 Re: Tension rod brackets welded in
I installed mine and tightened them until it cannot go anymore.Then I loosened them about 1 or 2 full turns and listened for scrubbing at the front of the guards while turning and reversing.
At the suspension place the suspension guy corrected them for me a little better as the one wheel was more to the front than the other.Just a little but noticable on the wheel alignment machine.

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PIGDOG
Posted: 2007/4/18 14:42  Updated: 2007/4/18 14:42
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 Re: Tension rod brackets welded in
pretty sure that crush tube is there so that you can do the nuts up till the washers are hard against it

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kululadotgroen
Posted: 2007/4/18 14:55  Updated: 2007/4/18 14:55
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 Re: Tension rod brackets welded in
Quote:
pretty sure that crush tube is there so that you can do the nuts up till the washers are hard against it


That's what I would have thought, but apparently not.

Quote:
I installed mine and tightened them until it cannot go anymore.Then I loosened them about 1 or 2 full turns and listened for scrubbing at the front of the guards while turning and reversing.
At the suspension place the suspension guy corrected them for me a little better as the one wheel was more to the front than the other.Just a little but noticable on the wheel alignment machine.


I was wondering about this adjustment. Did he use washers to do the adjustment at the back/front, and did he then tighten them all the way till they hit the tube again?

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WhiteSedan
Posted: 2007/4/19 8:45  Updated: 2007/4/19 8:45
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 Re: Tension rod brackets welded in
Francois, the torque setting for the radius rods and lower control arms to crossmember is about 44lb, I can double check for you though.

As for adjustment, people use washers or get more thread machined on and add a nut for full adjustment.

I was told by an engineer, that because they are high tensile steel that machining is a no-no.

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kululadotgroen
Posted: 2007/4/19 10:04  Updated: 2007/4/19 10:04
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 Re: Tension rod brackets welded in
Cool thanks, I'll torque them up, just for the drive to the alignment shop. If anything, the wheels have to move slightly backwards, as they are a little to close to the front of the guards to my liking, which means just adding washers to the back of the rear most retaining washer.

Had the oil feed lines made up for the turbo this morning, so that's out of the way, will post some pics tonight. Engine and gearbox is also going in tonight. Can measure the prop then, and have it made tomorrow. Then it's basically sortiong out the wiring of the ECU and starter etc. and it'll run...I hope...

If all goes well, the car might be running by next weekend. I'll make a vid of the startup, and post on youtube. Can't wait to burn up those ugly old small tires it had on before...