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5.0 from 95

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I just went down the road for the first time since I got the tune on my car. It went for about 5 miles before this happened. It rubbed into on my emergency brake cable mount. I heard something rubbing a little, but I didn't think it was that much.


Paul

 

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whattt????? is that what it looks like?

 

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HazMat404

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im gonna say that is exactly what it looks like.....how much do you wanna bet i never want to do that lol. congrats.....i think. yikes

 

RIO5.0

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Holy Chit... Mine rubbed some..but nothing like that...Is your car super low??? Damn....

 

5.0 from 95

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It is very low. I guess it is way to low. I need ideas on how to get it up just about a 1". Tell me anything that would cross your mind. I don't want it to do that again.


Paul

 

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wow.....put that up on the wall of shame...

do you have the spring insolators? they are good for about a 1/2 inch if your lucky. other than that, get new springs.

 

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HazMat404

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yeah, that should be on the wall with my stock balancer that made it about 120k miles. i wanna make a table out of all the broken parts that arent broken that often

 

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My Driveshaft rubbed a wee bit.. But DAMN!

 

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My balancer was twice as bad as that one

nice job paul

 

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pics of how the car sits? oh yeah and pics of the turbo setup?

 

mytight95

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i would get a set of adjustable lower control arms for the rear of the car, the ones that you can adjust the spring cup or whatever for the stance


jason

 

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Did you by any chance take out the dog bone on the back?

 

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That it pretty wild my man. I have never saw anything like that. Im glade nothing else broke.

 

Imyourzero

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Bah, nothing some super glue won't fix. Just put a lil' dab in there, squeeze both pieces of the driveshaft together, and wrap her up with some duct tape. Good as new!

 

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HazMat404

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Imyourzero said:

Bah, nothing some super glue won't fix. Just put a lil' dab in there, squeeze both pieces of the driveshaft together, and wrap her up with some duct tape. Good as new!

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gotta be that new clear duct tape tho....that stuff is friggin awesome

 

RIO5.0

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What are you running for a pinion snubber?? Mine scraped once pretty decent.I added a Mac adjustable pinion snubber and that limits the travel and stopped it...you may just be to freakin low...did you have people in the back seat??? that doesn't help any when your that low...you can grind that bracket, but not a whole lot...
What a shame....
Hey Jordan...Theres that low price alum DS you where looking for.... He's selling it for 1/2 price...DOH..

 

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HazMat404 said:

yeah, that should be on the wall with my stock balancer that made it about 120k miles. i wanna make a table out of all the broken parts that arent broken that often

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That's nothing, a good friend had one totally come off on his 93 while he was spraying as well, it broke the crank in 3 pieces and the block was not unable.

To the driveshaft.......i've never seen that one, that's crazy

 

5.0 from 95

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Nope, nobody in the back seat. Nope, no dog bone. Nope, springs don't have but about 3k miles on them. I will get some pics up tonight of the stance and the TURBO. I think the duct tape is the direction I am headed. I bet I can get a piece of 2x4 put in between a couple of the turns on the springs to get it up a little bit. I still need ideas on it. Oh, and thank you.


Paul
PS: aluminum DS for sale. Ships in 2 boxes so freight won't be bad.

 

maypo59

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I was thinking about going with an aluminum driveshaft, but now that I see they have durability issues...

Hate your luck! I broke one in my truck once, at WOT, scared the p00p outa me.

Lots of people running pro-kit springs in here, never heard of them being so low the car scraped against the ground easily, let alone against itself.. I know mine don't.

Possible fix: You used to be able to buy some little wedge things at the 4wheel drive stores, you put them between the coils and then rotated them with a wrench to spread the coils and get a little lift, they may still be available. werent expensive, and looked better than a 2x4...

 

5.0 from 95

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I just ordered some new urethane bushings and an adjustable snubber and of course a new DS at the higher price. I might even try that spring wedge things.


Paul