Will the heater hose mod effect anything?
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Will the heater hose mod effect anything?
I put a strange s60 in my car a few months ago and the bigger axle tubes brought the rear up more than stock. I still have the stock springs with the isolators in and was curious if doing the heater hose mod will bring it back down to factory height. Also, would doing this change the pinion angle at all?
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No, the heater hose mod would not affect the suspension in any way - just make the body sit a little bit farther down on the suspension. Slightly lower center of gravity of course.
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The only thing I would think to correct is axle centering. Static height change will place the panhard bar in a different position than factory and push the axle to the driver if lowered and vice versa. If you bring it back to factory height there should be adverse effects on your suspension.
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I have the S60 in my car and I did the heater hose mod. I am still using a stock panhard bar. My rearend moved to the drivers side about 1/8th of an inch. An adjustable pan hard bar will fix this or I believe UMI has a panhard bar relocation bracket.
I am using a UMI torque arm and had to use the inner most bolt holes on the torque arm (where it bolts to the rearend). I also had to cut off the top of the bracket where the outer holes were, otherwise the torque arm would hit the floor.
You should double check the pinion angle.
I am using a UMI torque arm and had to use the inner most bolt holes on the torque arm (where it bolts to the rearend). I also had to cut off the top of the bracket where the outer holes were, otherwise the torque arm would hit the floor.
You should double check the pinion angle.
Last edited by LilSlo1; 09-22-2014 at 09:19 AM.
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I have the S60 in my car and I did the heater hose mod. I am still using a stock panhard bar. My rearend moved to the drivers side about 1/8th of an inch. An adjustable pan hard bar will fix this or I believe UMI has a panhard bar relocation bracket.
I am using a UMI torque arm and had to use the inner most bolt holes on the torque arm (where it bolts to the rearend). I also had to cut off the top of the bracket where the outer holes were, otherwise the torque arm would hit the floor.
You should double check the pinion angle.
I am using a UMI torque arm and had to use the inner most bolt holes on the torque arm (where it bolts to the rearend). I also had to cut off the top of the bracket where the outer holes were, otherwise the torque arm would hit the floor.
You should double check the pinion angle.
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I wouldn't say that it is 100% necessary at all but it will shift the rear end over to the drivers side slightly. It won't be as extreme as if you were using lowering springs because you won't be lowering the rear end as much but it will still happen.
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Not a problem, if there is anything else I can help you out with just let me know.
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^^^ Kyle, You are correct about the panhard bars effect on rear centering with ride height changes. With the S60 having larger axle tubes and correspondingly higher spring perches, the hose mod lowers the car back close to stock ride height. Strange's precise alignment of the suspension mount brackets during welding minimizes the need for adjustable suspension components. The same cannot be said for all rear end manufacturers.