1/19/2023 0 Comments Butonwillow cw13 lengthWhere the axles passes by the coilover, it's very tight. The beefy axles are larger in just about every dimension than stock Miata axles. We'll see, but for the moment these loaner rear lower arms will get the car on the ground. As a last resort I can have the existing pieces machined to work right myself, but they assure me they're working on corrected pieces. As this kit is here for evaluation, this makes it hard to recommend it, but hopefully that stuff will get sorted out soon. Unfortunately the company who makes the bearing kit has been working at a snail's pace to make the necessary changes. This spherical bearing kit had some dimensional issues in some of the rear pieces. The placeholders right now are factory arms with rubber bushings that were laying around. What's NOT in are my lower control arms complete with spherical bearings. So, axles, hubs and spindles are in along with the V8R upper pro series control arms. Pulled them out and worked the joints around while putting body weight on them and they shortened up a lot and then installed fine. The CV joints in these are packed with grease and the grease can keep the CVs from compressing fully so at first it appeared the axles were too long. V8R Stage 2 axles - first off, examining these in person they are very nice pieces.Ĭomes marked as one long and one short. Had to disassemble/reassemble the CV (and order the proper CV grease) and then reinstall. Quickly evident as the drivetrain wouldn't rotate because the CV was locked at one angle. During first install something came unseated inside and the bearings locked up. The CV joint on the driveshaft gave us some trouble, the CV wants to spring apart and has to be held together while installed. Has to be done together as the Getrag has a long shaft on the flange to the driveshaft that the driveshaft slides over, so you lower the diff about 12 inches, install the driveshaft and then raise the diff with the driveshaft attached. Installed the driveshaft with rear subframe and differential. Setting the shock length/bump travel in the front (done with spring removed from the shock assembly): Reset the lash after first track day or 200 miles. Correct assembly is to torque top cap down then back it off one "notch" of the lock ring and then install the lock ring. V8R front upper ball joints are tight until they lap in (takes a couple hundred miles). haven't sorted out the front sway bar yet but don't need that for Saturday. So, the next couple days will be a bit of jumping around with random updates as I prioritize just the things needed to get the car on the ground.Ĭlearly we were in need of some suspension to set the car on! Installed the following: Decided the car should be on the ground and on display out front on that day! Taking a detour for a bit, our tech day at the shop is coming up this Saturday and a couple days ago I realized that April 1 will be the one year mark to the day from when the car rolled in to the shop and the old engine came out.
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