ok so i have had the car lowerd about 2.5 inches in the rear for a few years now and finaly did the lca relocation brackets today.. and it lifted the rear end about .75 inches? why? i think i understand why< but i need to be sure.. some one break it down please

 

No it didn't.

Blee dat.

Don't bother arguing.

The car might be higher now than it was, but it isn't because of the LCARBs.

 

Yeah there shouldnt be any lifting effect... The Relo brackets should have holes cut on an arc. The arc of your lower control arm travel. When you move it from the stock holes to the lower holes, you are following that arc, and its only to make them level again.

Should not change your ride height at all.

What you might be seeing is the unsettled rear end after you were doing work to it. Did you accidentally let your rear springs fall out of place and not seat all the way somehow? Or did you not unload the rear?

How much have you driven it since doing the brackets?

J.

 

one day lol, my thought was that due to the angel of the torque arm and the angle of the control arms, they ar fighting againsed each other , putting a load on each other. now that the brackets are in, it corrected the problem and the parts are no longer fighting each other... idk just a theory lol... not really a big deal, but oh well, it may settle back down .. but i have a set of coilovers for it anyway, i painted the reservoirs for them today and they should go to the pin stripper this week to do the logos on them.. then order springs and put them in, i cant wait to finally get them in..

 

This.

Unless you or someone else has done some home engineering of other suspension components, there's no way for the torque arm and LCA's to change the ride height.

 

ok, just checking, must just need to settle, it sits a little better now

 

Make sure the springs are sitting in the spring isolators correctly if you still have them.

 

Nope. Torque arm has a slider to compensate for the difference in arc between the torque arm and control arms. You can and should disconnect:

driveshaft
torque arm
control arms
panhard rod
shocks

And see what happens. None of these functions to hold the car up. That is the job of the springs.

I am wondering what punishment you are putting this car through that it needs remote reservoirs on the rear shocks of all places. Are you racing this thing in Baja? Suspension travel?

 

no not baja, but i hammer on it pretty hard, and the bodies im using for the rear shocks are very small, so there is not much room internaly for a floating piston, and i didnt want an emulsion shock, so i had to run a resi, plus it just looks sick lol