I know I'm supposed to remove the shroud from the bottom of the car when I first lift it. Do I discard it or is it reapplied to complete the install?

Thanks

 

trash

 

you can put it back on but you will have to modify it. Cut slots for the arms to go through and holes to put a wrench through to tighten locknuts.

 

my personal comment on the splash shield is as follows: its not really needed, but if you wish to keep it do as in the above post advises and just cut two grooves where the arms can be free of movement and where it would be easy for you to adjust the arms.
thank you
for any other technical information feel free to call us at 732-922-2309, or you can email us at justin@z10eng.com or geoff@z10eng.com

 

Geoff, I've got a question. I installed my radius arms over the weekend and the steering wheel is now turned counter clockwise by about 10 degrees. I know this probably means one bar is turned more then the other, which bar do I have to tighten/loosen.

Also when setting the bar preload for the first time, do you do it with the tires off the ground or with the car sitting on the ground? Does it make a difference?

One last thing, just so I know I am doing this correctly. You turn the bars so it pulls the lower controll are right? Not push it? Thanks for the help, and so far it seems to work kick ***. Just a little noise, but I am working on that.

 

Do all of the adjustments when the car is on the ground. Turn the bars so they pull, you should be shortening the bar lenth. I would mark a point on the bar so you can count the number of turn you make. If your wheel is off I would guess you turned the bars two different ways. I did all of my adjustments on an alignment rack I have at work and the Steering wheel should not be that far off. Hope that helps

Mattj


[Modified by Dropspeed, 3:45 PM 10/30/2001]

 

thanks for the info, matt, that makes our job easier tonight when we try and fix it!

 

Ordered mine today

 

hey what's going on guys (and girls but i didnt see any)

as far as any technical question email geoff@z10eng.com , he would be the one that could answer your questions regarding proper alignment, or call us here at 732-922-2309 and we would be glad to help you,
just keep us posted with any questions
thanks
justin

 

[QUOTE]hey what's going on guys (and girls but i didnt see any)

as far as any technical question email geoff@z10eng.com , he would be the one that could answer your questions regarding proper alignment


Its a tech Board, Tech questions get tech anwsers

Mattj

 

ok asspenny,

First off, return the arms back to static or where there is no preload on the wheels, and get an alighnment, then after that is done, begin to load the adjustment on the radius arms equally. From what it sounds like is that you have an excessive toe problem. That is not is just a rough idea, its not 100% possitive depending on certain applications and conditions.

We could vastly identify the problem quicker if you called us at 732-922-2309 cause there is really no way for us to justify how you loaded each wheel.

(oh yeah i am not Geoff, his identification is Z10 Geoff. Geoff's knowledge on technical information is greater in this feild then myself, which is partly the reason why i asked him to email him if i couldnt answer the question. I would only help him if i knew of the certain problem that was pertaining to his question. I just didnt want to steer (lol no pun intended) wrong! )
thanks
justin

 

[QUOTE]ok asspenny,

"First off, return the arms back to static or where there is no preload on the wheels, and get an alighnment, then after that is done, begin to load the adjustment on the radius arms equally. From what it sounds like is that you have an excessive toe problem. That is not is just a rough idea, its not 100% possitive depending on certain applications and conditions."


Justin, (Z-10) every time you make a turn on the radius arm you are effecting the toe adjustments. The alignment should be done after or better yet during the adjustments to the radius rods. If you align it before you are only going to change the toe setting each time an adjustment is made.



[Modified by Dropspeed, 9:04 AM 10/31/2001]

 

I was finally able to bolt on the end brackets of the cross bar. Wooo hooo!!! But to what specs to I torque them down. Do I go as tight as my weee muscles will take it or is there a number? Secondly when those of you that have them installed in the DC2R and you drilled the radiator support, did you drill through the hole in the middle or the either of the two outer holes.

Thanks

 

Anyone???

 

don't think it would really make a difference, as long as the center is tightened down....

 

Here's a picture of the Z10 kit with plastic thing back on.

 

hey matt whats up,
in my earlier post i was implying that he should see if he was having the problem prior to installing the radius arms, i am aware of how each turn effects the geometry of the suspension, i also highly agree to get an alignment after installation.
thanks
justin

 

yes sir