How should my suspension feel?
11-20-2006, 05:25 PM
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How should my suspension feel? I recently installed all the UMI products in my signature but I was wondering if should be noisy? When driving on the street it makes a lot of noise like clunks and rattles. Is this normal? Also above 80mph my center console and shifter start vibrating like crazy.
11-22-2006, 09:11 AM
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Sounds like you might need to throw a few more pounds of torque on the bolts. LCA's should be around 90lbs and PHB should be like 65lbs I think. That should get rid of clunks. Be sure it's all greased up like a champ, even the bolts for a good torque. Obviously, ditching the soft stock rubber bushings will create some vibration. Are your SFC's bolted in or welded? UMI **** is great
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I'm not familiar with the UMI, but the front of he Spohn unit that I have has a moveable joint--one bolt should be tight and the other loose. I've found that you have to tighten the one that's supposed to be loose to keep it from clunking all of the time. The vibration is probably related to your pinion angle. I think UMI recomends 0 +/- 1/2 degree to minimize vibration (correct me if I'm wrong UMI).