Poly Suspension Upgrade (all pics) (Page 16/16)
pmbrunelle MAY 13, 06:53 PM

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Originally posted by MulletproofMonk:

Once it is in, you can see that rear bushing had to move a little. I would assume this CA is tweaked a little bit.



The movement doesn't only happen once during installation.

I took my Fiero for a quick spin (with the gaps), and when I returned from my ride, the control arms shifted relative to the bushings.
olejoedad MAY 13, 09:17 PM

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Originally posted by olejoedad:

Perhaps the end of the control arm was squished when removing the old bushings?



It looks like the ends of the control arms have been distorted (squished).

Spread them back out and they should be fine.
Yellow-88 MAY 27, 12:18 PM
Hi

You should be aware that with stiffer bushings, factory alignment specs will be "uncomfortable". The setting that you really "feel" is "toe". The factory settings allow for the fact that "rolling forces" tend to push the wheels to "toe out". With factory bushings, toe is set to "toe in". With stiffer bushings that will feel overly sensitive or "hooky" as my wife calls it. I always recommend zero toe, zero camber, and "factory" positive caster as a starting point.

Yellow-88
pmbrunelle MAY 27, 05:43 PM
My control arms didn't appear damaged, so I just went with Delrin spacers.


-----for information, suggested spacer dimensions-----
Inside diameter: 1.63"
Outside diameter: 2.16"