Carbing Rear Lower Arm?
05-16-2007, 03:03 PM
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Carbing Rear Lower Arm?
Finished installing my rear carbing lower arm and have a question, as you can see from the picture it is right up against the exhaust..I plan to get my exhaust hangers shortened to fix this problem...
For the time being, until I get around to adj my exhaust hangers, do you all foresee any huge problem I might run into?
The paint as you can see is already melting away on the bar...From what I hear the bar is indeed steel...
For the time being, until I get around to adj my exhaust hangers, do you all foresee any huge problem I might run into?
The paint as you can see is already melting away on the bar...From what I hear the bar is indeed steel...
05-16-2007, 03:23 PM
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Wow that must be a 3 inch pipe you have going for the exhaust. 
Another option is putting a spacer under each side of the bar but I see there isn't a whole lot of clearance between the bar and the ground.
It is lined up between the tires so as long as a person doesn't drive over the top of something it should be fine.
Another option is putting a spacer under each side of the bar but I see there isn't a whole lot of clearance between the bar and the ground.
It is lined up between the tires so as long as a person doesn't drive over the top of something it should be fine.
05-16-2007, 03:35 PM
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Yeah the exhaust is a 3"...Yeah I've felt a definate change...it's a bit to stiff out back for me now, so going to soften my rear shocks and bump my front PT bar down a notch...
05-16-2007, 03:49 PM
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reason probably being the exhaust & bar are so damn snugged together 
my bar is going to be ruined by the time I get my exhaust hangers fixed BTW if planning to install this on your own you are definately going to need @ least 2 ppl minimum
05-16-2007, 03:59 PM
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maybe it's just me & noobishness but anyway I had to have someone hold & align my trailing arm while I aligned the carbing arm and put the bolt through...I wasted a hour of my time attempting this by myself 
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05-16-2007, 04:14 PM
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And not to mention how tight of a fit it is once you get one side of the bar hooked up 
I beleive install will be much smoother for ppl running stock height or a very conservative drop and ppl that have a stock exhaust or an exhaust thats modified to sit a bit higher up
I beleive install will be much smoother for ppl running stock height or a very conservative drop and ppl that have a stock exhaust or an exhaust thats modified to sit a bit higher up
05-16-2007, 04:24 PM
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take the wheels off and undo the shocks from the lower mount makes it a 1-man job because it removes all the pre-loading, I had a sumbich of a time when I didn't do it that way the first time, no problem the 2nd time doing it the way I described it
mine is up against my 3" exhaust too, it didn't have to be if I wanted to modify the pipe routing, just happened to line up exactly with the lowest point in the exhaust
mine is up against my 3" exhaust too, it didn't have to be if I wanted to modify the pipe routing, just happened to line up exactly with the lowest point in the exhaust
05-16-2007, 04:29 PM
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^^+99 will definately try this next time
Thanks, its good to know I'm not the only one w/the bar up against the exhaust
Thanks, its good to know I'm not the only one w/the bar up against the exhaust
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take the wheels off and undo the shocks from the lower mount makes it a 1-man job because it removes all the pre-loading, I had a sumbich of a time when I didn't do it that way the first time, no problem the 2nd time doing it the way I described it
mine is up against my 3" exhaust too, it didn't have to be if I wanted to modify the pipe routing, just happened to line up exactly with the lowest point in the exhaust
mine is up against my 3" exhaust too, it didn't have to be if I wanted to modify the pipe routing, just happened to line up exactly with the lowest point in the exhaust
Thanks for the tip I'm waiting for mine to get here from the states.
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