I have been off the Net for a while having been on the road and finally
going from B.C Canada down to the Baha Pen. in Mexico to get some decent
warm weather. Everywhere else was not too warm but it was super down
there.Everything ran like a clock except when I got home I found one
shock on the back had broken.Cinnabar is repacing it for free.The only
other thing is that as one gets down south your gas mileage just seems
to get worse and worse.In the north it was about 11 m/g US but in
California it dropped to 8-9m/g US.Prices were through the roof also
going as high as $1.79 a gal.Ouch!!
Im thinking of tweeking the rear wheel alignment a bit & am wondering
how it is being done. I've been told that some just bend the control
arms with a steele bar and chains around them with a jack ,however a
hydraulic jack on its side doesn't work. Also I've been told to heat up
the arm with a torch until it almost cherry red and very carefully do
some bending and cooling down. As well even though the manual doesn't
explain it, I presume one could remove the axles (spindles) from the
control arms and put in the very thin shims as is done with cars. If
this is the best way to go then I'd have to fabricate the puller device
that the manual shows, to remove the spindles.It would be pretty simple
to make however. So what is the best way to go? I'm listening.
Claude in Victoria, BC.
going from B.C Canada down to the Baha Pen. in Mexico to get some decent
warm weather. Everywhere else was not too warm but it was super down
there.Everything ran like a clock except when I got home I found one
shock on the back had broken.Cinnabar is repacing it for free.The only
other thing is that as one gets down south your gas mileage just seems
to get worse and worse.In the north it was about 11 m/g US but in
California it dropped to 8-9m/g US.Prices were through the roof also
going as high as $1.79 a gal.Ouch!!
Im thinking of tweeking the rear wheel alignment a bit & am wondering
how it is being done. I've been told that some just bend the control
arms with a steele bar and chains around them with a jack ,however a
hydraulic jack on its side doesn't work. Also I've been told to heat up
the arm with a torch until it almost cherry red and very carefully do
some bending and cooling down. As well even though the manual doesn't
explain it, I presume one could remove the axles (spindles) from the
control arms and put in the very thin shims as is done with cars. If
this is the best way to go then I'd have to fabricate the puller device
that the manual shows, to remove the spindles.It would be pretty simple
to make however. So what is the best way to go? I'm listening.
Claude in Victoria, BC.
