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Post by wildplumdx on Sept 30, 2006 12:42:54 GMT 12
oh yeah man that would be SWEET! my email is provabledust@hotmail.com i'll give u my addy there that would be wicked dude!
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Post by defcon on Sept 30, 2006 12:48:34 GMT 12
haha yeah man, i used to work there, that how i got zep and my ones on the cheap. Pretty much any suspension shop will sell the pan-hard-rod, just tell then you want a live axel commodore adjsutable pan hard rod.
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Post by 77vette on Sept 30, 2006 16:06:40 GMT 12
Sweet thanks for the info man.
So are all live axle dunydores the same or do i have to buy one for a certain model. Are they adjustable from the factory? (so that i can get one from pickapart ;D)
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Post by wildplumdx on Sept 30, 2006 22:25:41 GMT 12
nah they not from factory u have to buy aftermarket! gonna look at getting a local engineer to mod my standard one and put 100mm of adjustment on that gonna take it in monday!
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Post by 77vette on Oct 1, 2006 2:04:40 GMT 12
Suck balls! pickaparts my favourite. Let us know how you get on with that engineer fulla  |
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Post by wildplumdx on Oct 2, 2006 20:24:52 GMT 12
might not even get it done coz i done a measure and i'm only 8mm out thats plumbing from the guard then measuring back to the hub i'd say that would give you the correct answer but then again 8mm might be heaps in terms off diff being off center ? just gonna leave it for now and if me tyres rub on the guards at back when i get me mags, then i'll look into it!
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Post by mikuni on Oct 5, 2006 9:25:40 GMT 12
Defcon, I saw that you were saying that putting in an adjustable panhard rod elliminates crab walking or axel tramp. I was wondering if you could explain this further.
My car handles well, but if you go into a real sharp corner, real fast (ie beyond a chevettes limits ;D) it starts to sledge the front a tiny bit then grips in and seems to lift the rear wheel. After this happens it starts struggling for grip and kinda skips the back around the corner. It all happens in about half a second so I'm just guessing thats whats actually happening. Obviously thats less than ideal, but after reading what you said about the panhard rod I'm wondering if my diff is moving and grabbing on the guard, causing this effect. I can hear it rubbing on the guard at the back as I'm cornering hard.
I still have the standard panhard in at the moment so I'm hoping that my new one will fix this problem. Which brings me to my next problem. One which sexychevette will probably want to hear also. I assumed that the panhard rod would be the same on the chevette to gemini, but sadly I was mistaken. Its about 150-200mm shorter (at a guess) and my commo one doesn't fit. I'm getting it shortened today.
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Post by defcon on Oct 5, 2006 12:38:45 GMT 12
Defcon, I saw that you were saying that putting in an adjustable panhard rod elliminates crab walking or axel tramp. I was wondering if you could explain this further. My car handles well, but if you go into a real sharp corner, real fast (ie beyond a chevettes limits ;D) it starts to sledge the front a tiny bit then grips in and seems to lift the rear wheel. After this happens it starts struggling for grip and kinda skips the back around the corner. It all happens in about half a second so I'm just guessing thats whats actually happening. Obviously thats less than ideal, but after reading what you said about the panhard rod I'm wondering if my diff is moving and grabbing on the guard, causing this effect. I can hear it rubbing on the guard at the back as I'm cornering hard. I still have the standard panhard in at the moment so I'm hoping that my new one will fix this problem. Which brings me to my next problem. One which sexychevette will probably want to hear also. I assumed that the panhard rod would be the same on the chevette to gemini, but sadly I was mistaken. Its about 150-200mm shorter (at a guess) and my commo one doesn't fit. I'm getting it shortened today. Its to do with the diff being out of alingment, If you imagin you drive shaft and diff not being directly under the car, but to one side slightly. So you have more weight on one side of the diff, you diff cind of gets a pivoting effect. Both zep and I have had this with our coupes, its pretty much what you expained above. The pan hard rod helps to reduce it. Also when you lower a gem it changes the angle the diff is on, ie it becomes more horrizontal as opposted to the torque trube facing up (where it mounts), This also can cause the diff to 'crab walk' when i chucked the zzr diff in i removed the spacers between the cross member and the chaissis and replaced them with washers that were far less thick, this helps to restor the diff angle (i think it was called the diff pinion angle). A guy at a suspension shop told me what caused the crab walking, its also on ozgem too i think. I read on the white-line site about the diff angle. |
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Post by wildplumdx on Oct 8, 2006 19:44:15 GMT 12
took the gem for a blast today round town drives mint! runs little ruff temp guage dont work and plus its STILL sitting on the mean angle no idea why hmmm
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Post by defcon on Oct 8, 2006 19:51:10 GMT 12
Check the mounts on the chassis and the diff aint rooted, chances are they might be if there was enought force to bend the trailing arm. You did recently cut the springs didnt you? haha you sure you Mrs Funt'maRunt them sweet? other wise, sagging springs are pretty common. probably just need a new sender for the temp guage, 17 bucks from repco i think.
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Post by wildplumdx on Oct 8, 2006 21:08:12 GMT 12
sagging springs ? guess that means gotta get new ones ! and i cut the same amount off, guess way to tell if there sagging is swap springs sidees?
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Post by wildplumdx on Oct 8, 2006 21:12:57 GMT 12
how much for after market springs ? but i'll just cut them would it give me more lee way with after market springs for going lower being harder etc ? not worth it?
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Post by zep on Oct 8, 2006 21:57:03 GMT 12
$440 and snells will make you custom height springs. I think this is the way to go
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Post by wildplumdx on Oct 9, 2006 18:28:03 GMT 12
took me springs out tonight and there rooted ay ones way softer then the other and the coils are closer i cut them to same height to make up for it but still sits un co, so gonna buy some king springs or whateva and chop them! 370 for a set i think !? be way harder too so wont bottom out, wanna be tucking rim at rear and lil at front |
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Post by wildplumdx on Oct 9, 2006 18:28:45 GMT 12
i mean bottom out it was sitting on the bumpys half chopped haha
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