cubbs

No mate. Mines more the other way. The lower bolt on whiteline droplink is hard up against the oem arb. I couldnt take a pic last night unfortunately as battery was flat on phone.

bonesetter

iTrader: (9)

Hmm... so the arb appears to be too wide?

Can you get a pic up?

cubbs

It did seem too wide. The droplinks are on a hell of an angle. It is black steel arb. I presume its standard.

Ill get a pic. Wont be till Saturday.

bonesetter

iTrader: (9)

This was the problem I had with mine

IIRC I had fitted the arb, then went for castor increase (pin flip, bushing change & spacer blocks, but left the blocks out in the end. Then the bar fouled the control arm

So, have you changed your arb, or just increased castor and now thw the DL fouls?

cubbs

Just increased caster. It has standard arb but whiteline alloy droplinks. Arb not hitting the control arm on mine. Problem is the droplinks are now learnt back so far that arb is rubbing on droplink near the 90degree bend on the bar. Cheers

300gnspitzer

I had the same problem as you bonesetter, although mine was only just touching.
I ground about 2mm off the arb to get some clearance

cubbs

So Bonesetter how did you clear your arb from the lca?

cubbs

Am i right in thinking that because ive now swung the lca further forward and round slightly, this has meant the lower mount for the droplink has moved round so far as to hit the front arb. To look at the droplinks thay are on a hell of an outwards angle.

Is the wagon front arb much narrower in overall width? Maybe if i fitted the less wide bar it might miss the droplink.

I do not really want to go back on the mods Ive done, like flipping the pin back to standard and tightening the rear mount bolts as far to rear as poss.

All the Americans complain about is that after adding more caster their tyres rub on arches! My car cannot be the only one with this problem. Some photos of the americans car show the wheels well forward in the arch. Mine are hardly any differnt to look at from the side.

Puzzling me.

bonesetter

iTrader: (9)

Could really do with a pic cubbs

I was in lengthy talks with Whiteline as to how to sort out the problem I had, including head office in Scotland (pretty helpful tbf), a staff member I know, and an ex designer...! None could figure out was going on!

I tried a wagon bar, and then WL sent a sedan bar for me to try, still it didn't fit (there wasn't too much difference in widths), so in the finish I bent the end of the bar...

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cubbs

All sorted now! After trying all different configurations of bolts and whiteline spacers we got the ARB to clear. Happy days. 4 wheel alignment next, then new Yokies on.



This is it up on ramp.

cubbs

Got it sorted. After trying all configurations of bolts and the whiteline spacers.

For anyone thats interested Ive fitted-

Whiteline offset caster bushes
Flipped the black pin for max caster
Forced the rear mounts as far forward on their bolts.

bonesetter

iTrader: (9)

Your bottom pic of the DL alignment looks totally fine

So, what do you think was at the bottom of it?

cubbs

It was the way the whiteline droplinks were fitted(correctly) before we started messing with the caster angle etc. The droplinks were on a hell of an angle from moving the wheel forward. We then moved the spacer washers about and it all sits much better.

bonesetter

iTrader: (9)

What thickness spacer did you settle on?

cubbs

Hi Bonesetter

sorry I didn't reply years ago! Sorry if this annoys anyone that I've brought this thread back from the dead

it was 10mm plates I fitted

cheers

Kaeo

iTrader: (1)

Hahahaha!

bonesetter

iTrader: (9)

lol - I hadn't held it against you

DTVHSR

I'm hoping to get this caster mod done this weekend!

Thinking about adding the 10mm spacer but not flipping the pin round...