BC coilovers ........same problem, same side

 

Yea **** is annoying

 

Yeah, I'm thinking of just pulling the wheels and adjusting the coilovers in small increments until it stops .... Then when I upgrade the axles to handle the upcoming mods, I'll bite the bullet and have some custom axles made and put it back down lower again...... Hell, I'll check it out tomorrow and see if the technique on the 1st page is an option. I'll update with my findings.... More to follow...

 

Ya lemme know imma maybe grin down like.in that picture

 

I've got the vibration, why would I lie?

PS-I never had this vibration on my tenzo's a long time ago and it sat way lower then. Just sayin.

 

I believe that there may be a problem, Im just saying its not because of the axles. You prove my point by saying that you had no bind with tenzo's which are lower, and now you do have a problem. Axles wont bind at a higher higher height then run smooth at a lower height.

 

adjusted the coilovers up a half an inch (and did the rack spacers finally at the same time) ... Almost completely solved my problem .... don't think that really answers any questions though ....

 

What is your ground to fender measurement?


This is what I mean^^^

 

25 1/2" w/just under an inch (about 3/4") of wheel gap ..

 

So 25in ground to fender is pretty much the limit before it binds I guess. It is probably different on LS/LT due to having a different trans and axles, but its good info to know. Do you think the rack spacers helped at all or its just better from raising it back up?

 

I'd say that the rack spacers have absolutely nothing to do with it ... I'd bet money that it's all about the cv axles ...

 

imma buy new axles from ottp see if it changes

 

Why has nobody mentioned rotated trans mounts? That's the fix for this issue. Rack spacers will only reduce bump steer, not axle bind. Buying new axles is a REALLY expensive way to NOT solve the problem! lol

 

im buyin new axles cause my stock one is going out and imma hit the track

and how does the rotated mount fix it?

 

I mentioned it right away first page...

And its not a guaranteed fix because I dont think it changes the way the transmission sits. It would have to lower the trans. to stop the axles from binding and Im not sure if it does that. Ive seen it mentioned before but not any hard facts to support it.

 

Ok, I'll bite ..... Do the rotated trans mounts effectively change the mounting position of the transmission? What exactly would those do to solve the problem, other than limit the movement of the transmission? My thought process was that because we're jacking the geometric angles of the axles, its making them too long, causing the binding, clunking, and bumping ....

 

Vibrations are caused by the axles being forced to operate at angles that they weren't designed for. The CV joints can only operate smoothly up to a certain angle. Slammed cars are exceeding that angle.

I was under the impression that rotated mounts help to level the axles out somewhat, but I have no solid proof. The best thing to do would be to PM qwikredline/John Powell re. mounts, or go back to a height that allows the axles to operate smoothly.

 

I can't use rotated mounts as my car is a/t and they only work on manual cars. Im seeing there are lots of slammed tc's that seem way lower than mine, do they not have this problem? is there something different between there axles and mine? im a bit new to these cars so im not sure

 

different transmission = different axles. Im sure they feel it too but just dont post about it

 

id your cars roof black? same with that white 2.2?

 

yeah, we wrapped them black :P

 

It worked ....... So far .. just put on the rotated mounts this evening and the vibration/binding seems to have ceased. I only took it around the block but it seems to be a lot smoother. I'll put some miles on her tomorrow to double check.

 

Yeah lemme.know I got down there and pulled on my axle and after I.did that a big bunch of it went away

 

It did hell alot but it totally didn't get rid of it .. Just became a little more : ahem: acceptable .. It really did get a lot better though

 

They need to make one for A/T cars, my shudders pretty bad. I love being low, but that shudder needs to go.