problems mounting torque arm
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problems mounting torque arm maybe i'm doing this *** backwards but i dont see how i could mess this up. i just recieved my umi tunnel mount torque arm. i'm mounting it on a stock 10bolt in a 98 trans am. cant get the bracket on the rearend. seems like its hiting the yolk on my rearend and cant get it in place.. someone please tell me what i'm doing wrong
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i did that, i've got it where the torque arm itself will work. can't get the bracket to line up with the holes on the rearend... and another question.. do you use the top or bottom whole on stock height vehicle? i suck with suspension.. thanks for your advice
Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having trouble.
The torque arm should clear just fine with the factory rear end. You need to use the first set of holes, the ones closest to the edge. If the bracket is snug on the rear end you may need to clean the rust and debris from the housing to get a good surface to move it around.
Let me know how it works. Thanks!
Ryan
Sorry to hear you are having trouble.
The torque arm should clear just fine with the factory rear end. You need to use the first set of holes, the ones closest to the edge. If the bracket is snug on the rear end you may need to clean the rust and debris from the housing to get a good surface to move it around.
Let me know how it works. Thanks!
Ryan
It might help if you disconnect the driveshaft. I recently swapped rearends and had a little trouble getting the UMI torque arm back on (full length adjustable, not that it matters). I didn't have the shocks, springs or driveshaft attached, just the LCAs. That let the whole rearend pivot a lot easier, and I was able to use a jack to get the height close, then I was able to push the yoke up, rotating the angle correct. Then I slid the torque arm on from the side. A couple light taps with a rubber mallet got it close.
I then took a long flathead screwdriver, put it in the hole of the torque arm, through the hole on the rearend, down through the bottom hole on the torque arm. By levering that screwdriver, I was able to get the holes lined up really close, to a point where I could get the bolt through (after removing the screwdriver, of course). Again, I had to tap the bolt in with a rubber mallet, until it got far enough in to get lined up. Once the threads poked out the bottom hole, I started the nut on it, to pull it through. Once one bolt was through, the other slid in pretty easily.
Hope that helps.
-Mike
I then took a long flathead screwdriver, put it in the hole of the torque arm, through the hole on the rearend, down through the bottom hole on the torque arm. By levering that screwdriver, I was able to get the holes lined up really close, to a point where I could get the bolt through (after removing the screwdriver, of course). Again, I had to tap the bolt in with a rubber mallet, until it got far enough in to get lined up. Once the threads poked out the bottom hole, I started the nut on it, to pull it through. Once one bolt was through, the other slid in pretty easily.
Hope that helps.
-Mike
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i have the car on jackstands so i cant set the angle exactly right yet.. but there two holes where it mounts to tunnel brace.. which do i use? my car is stock height? i'm on the lower one now but dont know how it will do when i put it on the pavement
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