crazyhorse
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Ducked a bullet last Sunday...was on vette run and heard something metallic hit passenger footwell,exhaust. Stopped to check...found nothing...so finished run (150 miles round trip).Monday,went out for closer look. Out of 4 shims,one was still hanging on upper A-arm rear bolt....two were laying on the frame...and fourth one was gone..
I had put new bushings in last year and must have forgot to torque that last bolt...![Big grin :D :D](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png)
Went to True Line alignment shop yesterday and they did 4 wheel alignment(replaced shims,etc) for $42.50...
Also had them check tolerance spec on my original ball joints...lower left out of spec:.060" and lower right .055"...must decide to use either Spicer or Moog...(next project)
Click thumbnail..
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You can just see out last shim hanging loose...
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi6.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy208%2Frichwoods%2Ftechnical%2Fth_A-Armshims002.jpg&hash=e0f94e764e24f95330bdd4480d7722dd)
Rich
I had put new bushings in last year and must have forgot to torque that last bolt...
![Big grin :D :D](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png)
Went to True Line alignment shop yesterday and they did 4 wheel alignment(replaced shims,etc) for $42.50...
Also had them check tolerance spec on my original ball joints...lower left out of spec:.060" and lower right .055"...must decide to use either Spicer or Moog...(next project)
Click thumbnail..
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi6.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy208%2Frichwoods%2Ftechnical%2Fth_A-Armshims001.jpg&hash=42ab52532fc3939fb1f5b9cea7c9f866)
You can just see out last shim hanging loose...
![](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi6.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy208%2Frichwoods%2Ftechnical%2Fth_A-Armshims002.jpg&hash=e0f94e764e24f95330bdd4480d7722dd)
Rich
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