The radius rod is the rod that adjusts front wheel caster and runs from the lower control arm to the front of the car. The factory radius rod does not have adjustment, so basically you bolt in and forget until the old rubber bushes wear out and you get un-even braking and tyre rubbing.
I got a set of adjustable radius rods ($100) and neoprene bushes ($40) and no have mine adjusted up at 5deg positive (I think the factory setting is about 0deg). No more tyre scrubbing on the inner guard. Re ride height, have you measured the distance between the wheel hub centre and gaurd lip? Cam CM510 www.datnet.org/cm510 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shane McManus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 9:35 AM Subject: RE: want it lower > yeah its a 1972 1600 sss. and its rubbing in the same place on the inner > gaurd. which is a pain in the ass when u have the wheels at full lock and > the car wont move. > whick r the radius rods? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, 2 October 2001 11:19 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: want it lower > > > Sorry for not being up to date Shane, but are we talking 1600sss or other > sss ? > > Where are the tyres actually rubbing? I know on mine, I used to have > contact between tyre and the back of the inner guard (near the firewall), > but when I fitted up adjustable radius rods it sorted out this problem. > > Cam > CM510 > www.datnet.org/cm510 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shane McManus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 8:58 AM > Subject: want it lower > > > > hey does anyone know how 2 get my sss really low without major tyre rub on > > the front. i have 14x6" performance superlights with 195x60 x14 poo tyres. > > i have gaurd rub allready when i try to park, i have 180b springs with 2 > > coils cut (not even low). so i dont know how i can get round this. > > cheers shane > > > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
