center link / idler arm adjustment
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center link / idler arm adjustment
Can anyone tell me how to check the height on the idler arm? I replaced all the front end stuff and I can't find the paper that came with the center link about how to check that it's correct. It's something to do with a straight edge going over the flat ground on it.. and measuring the distance somewhere. I glanced at it quick, but I may have thrown it out.
It's going in for an alignment but I'd like to get the car close as I can so I can drive it to the shop.
It's going in for an alignment but I'd like to get the car close as I can so I can drive it to the shop.
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Re: center link / idler arm adjustment
All I ever done was to make sure that it was level. Thats about all you really have to do with the center link / idler arm.
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Re: center link / idler arm adjustment
The idler arm needs to be adjusted so that it is at the same height, relative to the frame, as the pitman arm. You can measure each from a common reference point, or, if the front of the car is on level ground, adjust the idler arm so that the center link is also level.
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Re: center link / idler arm adjustment
I looked it up in the service manual... kinda forgot that it would be in there
I figured it needed to be level... and when I put it in where the old one was it looked off so I eyeballed it.. I'll measure how the service manual says, which is to put a socket on the ARM bolt head then use a "special tool" which looks like a slide square to me and measure off the flats.
I figured it needed to be level... and when I put it in where the old one was it looked off so I eyeballed it.. I'll measure how the service manual says, which is to put a socket on the ARM bolt head then use a "special tool" which looks like a slide square to me and measure off the flats.
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