vw54 wrote:
come with a new link pin set for shimming the camber correctly?
the shims DONT adjust the camber they are for aligning the upper n lower trailing arms so that they move freely and dont bind
Ideally you should check the trailing arms in the VW jig to make sure there straight and also the stub axles for squarenees and alignment of the tie rod end steering arm
If the above is done correctly then your ride will ride extreamly well
Erm, no actually. The shims are there to set the camber to the correct amount VW calculated which is why you have to measure the difference between the 2 torsion arms to figure out the number of shims required top and bottom plus inner and outer. If the arm difference is less than 5mm or greater than 9mm then you require new arms as the shimming cannot correct the camber that out of spec arms give
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Don't forget that the arms clamp the link pin in place and so no movement occurs here. All the movement occurs in the LP knuckle and by turning the LP so that the offset groove rotates the LP in the torsion arm to remove slack from the LP knuckle to torsion arm joint.
You should lightly grease each of the shims so that they movefreely against each other and also reduces wear. Heavy greasing will require readjustment of the LP's soomer than expected as the bulk of the grease is pressed from them during driving
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