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dr al
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geo after uniball upgrade

Post by dr al » Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:54 pm

Just bought eliseparts's uniball toelink kit and was about to fit it! - but there's just been a minor rash of posts on seloc about how easy it is to screw up the bumpsteer if you get the outboard spacers wrong.

anyone ever done this?? (mine's a steel hub S2 k-series car)

is it easy just to exactly match the spacers etc that the standard toe-links came with?

anyone know anyone trustworthy for doing some geo in or near glasgow?

I'm going to fit the links myself and get them eyeball correct, but I just don't see how i can accurately set 1.2mm of toe in using string or fishing line. - so i don't want to have to drive too far on dodgy geo to get it set up propperly. - and is there anywhere you'd trust to set up your bump steer???

I'm just not used to letting other puters mess about with my car!!

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Post by Rich H » Tue Aug 08, 2006 6:04 pm

Mark Hutcheson in Banchory is the man for Geo

mark at racing dot plus dot com

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Re: geo after uniball upgrade

Post by MacK » Tue Aug 08, 2006 6:17 pm

dr al wrote:anyone know anyone trustworthy for doing some geo in or near glasgow?
richardhumble wrote:Mark Hutcheson in Banchory
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Sorry Dr Al, don't know anyone in Glasgow, maybe Shug or mac could recommend someone.
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Post by Rich H » Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:00 pm

It is near Glasgow ish, it's in the right country. And it's a nice drive anyway!

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Post by dr al » Wed Aug 09, 2006 12:19 am

cheers, guys. - i've mates in banchory, but i'd be worried about driving the car so far on my best guess geo before getting it properly sorted.

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Post by Shug » Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:50 am

dr al wrote:cheers, guys. - i've mates in banchory, but i'd be worried about driving the car so far on my best guess geo before getting it properly sorted.

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TBH, if it's not a country mile out and you don't hoon it (just plod up the motorways going up, save hooning for the test run home!) there shouldn't be a problem. Just be aware of it - you can also set the track rods reasonably by eye, to the old ones.

Bump steer shims are actually re-used from your existing setup, so note where they are (usually all above the joint) and just replace them there.

One thing I did, was to do one side and go out for a drive. If the tracking is out, you can change the length of the side you did (just take the right spanners with you - easy to do when the car is on the road) When it's tracking straight again, the length is right. Then do the other side.

I'd do it that way, then drive up to Mark. Well worth it to know that it's right and not an approximation of right....
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Post by dr al » Thu Aug 10, 2006 7:05 pm

thanks for the advice! - I've got some leave booked for a couple of weeks time, so i'll set it up for then!

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