Does relocation bracket affect pinion angle?
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Does relocation bracket affect pinion angle? I have my pinion angle set at -2.5 and Iam soon to install the brackets and need to know if they will affect the pinion angle? Iwanted to know because I have no way to check it.
The relo brackets will not change your actual pinion angle.
However by changing the rear link geometry, they may
change what your ideal pinion angle setting, should be.
Or just make your current setting more effective.
The lower control arms really have no angle "authority",
the torque arm and ride height are what set pinion angle
to chassis.
However by changing the rear link geometry, they may
change what your ideal pinion angle setting, should be.
Or just make your current setting more effective.
The lower control arms really have no angle "authority",
the torque arm and ride height are what set pinion angle
to chassis.
It shouldn't change it, however, I would still check it after putting them in. I check mine after anything is done to the suspension, or even after removing and reinstalling the transmission.
Why cant you check it? Get a $10 angle finder from Sears and check it yourself afterwards. I check mine without even jacking the car up - I check the engine/trans angle using the ASP balancer front (i.e. the number of degrees off of 90) and then put the angle finder on the plate under the rear on my Spohn torque arm (I verified this to be parallel with the pinion when I had the driveshaft out). Using this method, I can check it or adjust it with the car sitting flat on the ground at home or the track.
Why cant you check it? Get a $10 angle finder from Sears and check it yourself afterwards. I check mine without even jacking the car up - I check the engine/trans angle using the ASP balancer front (i.e. the number of degrees off of 90) and then put the angle finder on the plate under the rear on my Spohn torque arm (I verified this to be parallel with the pinion when I had the driveshaft out). Using this method, I can check it or adjust it with the car sitting flat on the ground at home or the track.
