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Re: Rear track rods help
« Reply #30 on: 15 December 2018, 11:28:57 »

A guide is always good, no matter how simple.  If only to show the next person how simple, even if they lack experience/confidence ;)

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Re: Rear track rods help
« Reply #31 on: 15 December 2018, 12:57:11 »

You're both absolutely right :y

My comment was  a light poke at Webby ;)
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Re: Rear track rods help
« Reply #32 on: 15 December 2018, 14:15:34 »

Undo nut from ball joint. Undo nut from bolt. Remove bolt. Pick track rod off floor.

What's the guide for? Making tea?  ::)

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It's worth mentioning that you should make the new ones the same length as the old ones to give a good start on the wheel alignment.
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Re: Rear track rods help
« Reply #33 on: 15 December 2018, 17:00:03 »

Undo nut from ball joint. Undo nut from bolt. Remove bolt. Pick track rod off floor.

What's the guide for? Making tea?  ::)

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It's worth mentioning that you should make the new ones the same length as the old ones to give a good start on the wheel alignment.
Edd China said that......about 46 times.
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Re: Rear track rods help
« Reply #34 on: 15 December 2018, 18:56:16 »

Nah, sod the lot of ya, especially that fugly Gollum character 😬😬😬😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

So all fitted. Fronts fitted also. My own initial alignment done. Rear toe is now in the green with a thrust angle of zero 👍 need to adjust front camber but didn’t have time. Looking forward to seeing the results when I get my new tyres 😄😄😄
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Re: Rear track rods help
« Reply #35 on: 15 December 2018, 19:30:40 »

I will have you know that I am the best looking troll in the whole interweb :P

In the green... phhhttt ::) Joking aside, rear track and camber are a joint adjustment, so broadly similar side to side and zero thrust are about as much as the back end can be set to :y

Front end camber is 1 degree, 10 minutes and toe in 3 minutes and the car will appreciate them being identical side to side. once done, double check that the thrust angle is still zero :y

When it comes to the Omega, all you need to know is that green is a colour, not a measurement... ;)
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Re: Rear track rods help
« Reply #36 on: 15 December 2018, 19:51:11 »

Trust me mate I have been told off about being “in the green “ before.

This was just a quick get me home set up. When my new tyres are on I’ll be setting rears to what I have now. And fronts bang on 1’ 10 camber and 0’ 05 toe. I’m hoping I can give the local tyre shop 20 notes to borrow their hunter set up as it’s so much easier to use than our Hoffman
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