camarokid239

anybody have directions and pics. on how to put on a torqu arm for a ls1 camaro?

Arc00TA

iTrader: (17)

Are you trying to put an aftermarket one on? or did you take the stocker off and cant get it back on?

Switchblade

Okay I'm in the mood for an install guide - here goes!!

Here's what you need to do.

OEM Torque Arm Removal/Install Procedure

1) Unload the rear suspension of the car jacking the rear section and support with jack stands. Do not place jack stands anywhere on the rear axle.
2) Remove the bolts connecting the Torque Arm to the Transmission. Basically this connection is a clamshell mount consisting of two outer pieces and a rubber bushing. The bolts you'll be removing will cause the outer piece of the clamshell mount + the bushing to be lose this will allow you to remove the front part of the torque arm.
3) Remove the 2 bolts connecting the torque arm to the rearend. Note these bolts are really long - thus its essential in step one that you jack the rear of the car as high as possible so that you have enough room to remove the bolts and ultimately remove the torque arm.
4) Remove the torque arm along with the outer clamshell mount and the bushing.
5) Installation of the OEM torque arm - just follow steps 1-4 in reverse order. Don't forget to lube the bushing, and torque all bolts to spec.

If installing an aftermarket Torque Arm

1) Do steps 1-4 under the OEM Torque Arm Removal/Install Procedure
2) After you removed the OEM Torque Arm, the outer clamshell mount, and the bushing you need to remove the inner clamshell mount which is still attached to the transmission. It's held by several bolts - loosen and remove the inner clamshell mount. Set the outer and inner clamshell mounts aside. Toss the OEM Torque Arm into the swap meet pile or garbage - your preference.
3) The aftermarket torque arm comes with a new bushing that needs to be installed into the clamshell mount which is now seperated into two pieces. In order to do this you need to drill out the rivets on the clamshell pieces to accept the new bushing which is larger than the stock OEM piece.
4) Reinstall the inner clamshell piece to the transmission. Torque bolts to spec.
5) Install the new torque arm - hand tighten bolts holding torque arm to rear end for now.
6) Install the new bushing (make sure its lubed!) onto the torque arm followed by the outer clamshell mount. The new bushing needs to be "sandwiched" between the inner and outer mounts just like the OEM rubber bushing on the . These two mounts have tabs at the bottom that interlock to provide a secure connection. Make sure that this is secure, otherwise you'll have problems!!!! Install the bolts holding the outer clamshell mount to the transmission.
7) Torque all bolts for the front and rear connections of the torque arm to spec.
8) Lower the car to ride height (ie load the rear suspenion of the car).
9) If the aftermarket end is an adjustable version then you need to set the pinion angle this is best done with an angle finder that either comes with the new aftermarket torque arm or can be found at a local hardware store. Place the angle finder on the driveshaft and record the angle. Now place the angle finder on the rear end - use the mounting surface of the torque arm and record the angle. The pinion angle is the difference between the angle of the rear end and the driveshaft. You want this difference to be -2 thus if your driveshaft is -4 and your rearend is -6 then this will result in a difference of -2. If the pinion angle is correct, then tighten all the lock nuts on the adjustable torque arm to spec. If the pinion angle is not correct then you need to adjust the rear end by turning the adjuster (a large copper or zinc plated nut) and remeasure the driveshaft and rearend angles to get the -2 pinion angle


Whew!!!!

Please feel free to comment and make corrections.