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Old 10-26-2007, 06:27 PM
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There is a way of getting another couple of degrees without surgery.

It does however depend on how your lower arm pivot is fitted.

On the RMC ( and standard on the jag) the lower arm has a surrated washer fitted to the inside on the wishbone. ie. they fit on the inside of the wishbone bushes against the bracket thru which the pivot pin fits. There is one front and back .

If you remove the front one and put it to the back you'll gain about 1/8" movement forward of the lower arm.

The installed distance between the inside of the lower arms is 8.88". However, some kit manufacturers make the pivot bracket length such that you don't use the surrated washers.

I have also seen some instances where the washers were supposed to be used but the builder neglected to use them. This causes the lower wishbone arms to be compressed when the lower pivot pin is tightened to recommended 32 - 50 foot Lbs. Measure the distance between the lower pivot arms when installed and torqued up. If they are less than 8.88" then your lower wishbone is not installed correctly.

The other "trick" is to install your lower pivot bushes off center moving the arm forward.
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