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Old 03-21-2008, 10:17 PM
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I got my 9" in and I stuck my pinion angle finder on the bottom of my center section housing where the torque arm bracket is. The needle moves to the left and to the right. My question is does the rear end need tobe pointing down at 2 or up? I thought the laws of physics want the rear end pointing down so when under load it will want to "pick up" the yoke towards the bottom of the car and not towards the ground. Is this correct?
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http://www.bmrfabrication.com/INSTALL/XTA001.pdf
You are correct in your thinking, you want the front of the rear to be pointing down, as when torque is applied to it, the front of the rear is going to rotate up. Bob
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my question is so if my driveshaft measured 0 and my centersection 2 would I be 2 plus or minus because when I rotate the pinion angle finder it I can rock itback to 2 and it seems like it will take it 10 full turns to get there
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You would be at +2, ie your center section is up slightly
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ok so then that means I need to lengthen the torquearm bolts. This makes sense




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