Hey guys, I got myself in a situation where I’m not too sure what I should do and wanted some guidance. So the rear control arm bushings in my car have been shot for a while, I’d get rear axel movement on full throttle, and driveshaft rubbing the floor pan. On top of this, my rear tires, one is much closer to the fender than the other, and my wheel gap is bigger on one side than the other.
So, with that in mind, I just purchased maximum Motorsport adjustable sport RLCA’s, ford upper rubber control arms, and sve series 3 wheels which are 10 inch wide (1 inch bigger than the 9 inch wide wheels I had before.
Today I installed the RLCAs and the new wheels. With these new wider wheels, the differences in my rear wheel spacing is much more apparent, the right wheel sticks past the fender well while the left side doesn’t. The ride height gap was also much more noticeable, I had to fully raise one adjustable RLCA to have the same gap as the other side which hadn’t been raised much.
I am hoping the fact that my upper control arm bushings are so shot (the rubber is literally blown on most bushings) that this is what’s causing my weird rear axel positioning.
My question is though, when I change out the upper control arm bushings, I see maximum Motorsport says you need to torque them at ride height. They say to measure your ride height before you start the job, then after you finish the job raise your rear end with a jack until you reach that height and then torque there. So what I’m wondering is, being as though my ride height is all out of wack right now because of my current upper bushings. What ride height measurement should I go take now for which I’m going to torque my new bushings at once I install the new arms and bushings? Should I set the ride height in the rear at a height that I like with the adjustable RLCA’s, and the same on both sides, record that, and then when I install my new bushings I torque at that same height?
I’m wondering because in order to get the height the same, I’ll have to have one adjustable rlca up and one down as I mentioned previously, so then I would record that height, and then retorque my new bushings at that same height once installed. The dilemma though is that once I install the new bushings hopefully that will center my rear up and then I would no longer have to have one rlca up and one down to have it even. So I wasn’t sure if that would be the wrong thing to do and I should take a different approach.
I’m sorry if it’s confusing but I tried to explain the issue as best I can. Any help would be appreciated thanks.
I’ve attached pics below showing the difference in my wheel gap, along with how I had to position the adjustable RLCAS differently in order to achieve the same wheel gap.
So, with that in mind, I just purchased maximum Motorsport adjustable sport RLCA’s, ford upper rubber control arms, and sve series 3 wheels which are 10 inch wide (1 inch bigger than the 9 inch wide wheels I had before.
Today I installed the RLCAs and the new wheels. With these new wider wheels, the differences in my rear wheel spacing is much more apparent, the right wheel sticks past the fender well while the left side doesn’t. The ride height gap was also much more noticeable, I had to fully raise one adjustable RLCA to have the same gap as the other side which hadn’t been raised much.
I am hoping the fact that my upper control arm bushings are so shot (the rubber is literally blown on most bushings) that this is what’s causing my weird rear axel positioning.
My question is though, when I change out the upper control arm bushings, I see maximum Motorsport says you need to torque them at ride height. They say to measure your ride height before you start the job, then after you finish the job raise your rear end with a jack until you reach that height and then torque there. So what I’m wondering is, being as though my ride height is all out of wack right now because of my current upper bushings. What ride height measurement should I go take now for which I’m going to torque my new bushings at once I install the new arms and bushings? Should I set the ride height in the rear at a height that I like with the adjustable RLCA’s, and the same on both sides, record that, and then when I install my new bushings I torque at that same height?
I’m wondering because in order to get the height the same, I’ll have to have one adjustable rlca up and one down as I mentioned previously, so then I would record that height, and then retorque my new bushings at that same height once installed. The dilemma though is that once I install the new bushings hopefully that will center my rear up and then I would no longer have to have one rlca up and one down to have it even. So I wasn’t sure if that would be the wrong thing to do and I should take a different approach.
I’m sorry if it’s confusing but I tried to explain the issue as best I can. Any help would be appreciated thanks.
I’ve attached pics below showing the difference in my wheel gap, along with how I had to position the adjustable RLCAS differently in order to achieve the same wheel gap.
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