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Old 08-30-2013, 06:00 PM
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Default How to set pinion angle?

Long story short, I recently purchased a rear suspension setup from Founders Performance (well, mostly). Suspension setup includes the following:

UMI 2 PT Tubular SFC's (Bolt On)
Founders on car adjustable Panhard Bard
Founders LCA Relocation Brackets (Bolt On)
Founders 3 piece poly joint LCA's
Founders adjustable torque arm

Today, my UMI Torque Arm angle finder arrived unfortunately with no instructions on how to go about measuring, and determining pinion angle. I was hoping to get the TQ arm AND Panhard bar set tonight so I'll have the car available for the weekend. Can anyone point me in the right direction??

http://texas-speed.com/p-997-umi-per...le-finder.aspx
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to set Pinion angle it needs to be at ride height with no more than 3 degrees negative with the relation to the transmission output shaft to the rear end pinion shaft
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So, to clarify, there is no way to do this with the car on jackstands?
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not really on jack stands your angle will be off a bit unless you get the car level on jack stands. i've seen people do it. I just took mine to work and put it on the drive on rack so i could adjust it while it was sitting on the ground basically but i work at a shop. Here are the instructions i got with my spohn torque arm.
http://www.spohn.net/support/questio...inion+angle%3F
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Jut back it up on a set of ramps.
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The shop an I put the rear on jack stands an set it -2. The car feel good. It been two months



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