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Bradleyrj 05-13-2012 10:09 PM

Rear end way off...
 
The drivers side is with the wheel bolted directly to the axle.

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...T/IMG_3713.jpg

(I like where it sits, flush with the outside fender lip.

Passenger side. This is with a spare set of lugnuts placed BETWEEN!~!~!~! the wheel and the axle and it still sits WAY in.

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...T/IMG_3714.jpg

How can I draw it over to the passenger side some. The car was wrecked prior to me owning it, and I had to put in a Wild Rides S box to repair the upper mounts. We measured many times and thought we had everything square.. obviously something is still off. What can I do? Panhard bar maybe? ?

ShawnBoyMoody 05-13-2012 10:27 PM

What do you have for axles?

Bradleyrj 05-13-2012 10:40 PM

Strange, C-clip elims, Cobra brakes. I know it has something to do with the car being wrecked / s box install not as square as we thought.

BigdaddyDupree 05-13-2012 10:42 PM

You have adjustable control arms?

blubyu87gt 05-13-2012 10:57 PM

Do doughnuts into a curb on the drivers side. Should move it over a bit!

I take it the whole rear end is off? Or do you think it's something with the axles and diff?

I got a 2300-k kit a while ago that had a wrong length axle in it a while back. If you went that route...

Qwik_Sn95 05-13-2012 11:09 PM

Just run a space on the passenger side. I know someone with their spring perches not welded on their 8.8 square and they had the same problem.

Qwik_Sn95 05-13-2012 11:10 PM

Also what upper bushings are in your housing? When I had busted stock bushings my rear wasnt square in the car either.

Matts94Z28 05-13-2012 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Qwik_Sn95 (Post 167147)
Just run a space on the passenger side. I know someone with their spring perches not welded on their 8.8 square and they had the same problem.

http://memecreator.net/futurama-fry/...-or-a-joke.jpg

Qwik_Sn95 05-13-2012 11:36 PM

True story about the spring pearch and spacer. Not on my car but just how he solved the problem.

Mustangscotty 05-14-2012 12:00 AM

If its off by that much, what is causing it? Does the car track well going down the road? Any irregular tread wear? Pull to one side or the other when the brakes are applied or in neutral while coasting at speed?

Are the measurements correct for that make of vehicle? Flange, axle tubes..

http://www.moddedmustangs.com/forums...surements.html

Qwik_Sn95 05-14-2012 12:19 AM

My guess is differet length axels. Only problem is if thats the caset the brake calipers and mounting brackets would be different or the rotor would eat into the bracket once tightined down. If the rear end wasnt square in the car and being off that much there would be different gaps front to back on each side also.

Bradleyrj 05-14-2012 07:06 AM

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Originally Posted by BigdaddyDupree (Post 167130)
You have adjustable control arms?

Yes

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Originally Posted by blubyu87gt (Post 167141)

I take it the whole rear end is off? Or do you think it's something with the axles and diff?


Yes the whole rear is off. I didnt order a kit. I ordered axles from strange, they are the same and correct length. I'll need to get someone to ride behind me to check how it tracks, havent driven it enough to notice any abnormal tire wear.

WWhittle 05-14-2012 09:22 AM

Something is way off if its a couple inches difference. Move it over with the upper control arms and see what you have.

gearmesh, inc. 05-14-2012 09:22 AM

Your upper arms and upper mount location control the side to side location of the axle housing.

Darryl Buckner 05-14-2012 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by gearmesh, inc. (Post 167176)
Your upper arms and upper mount location control the side to side location of the axle housing.

This is true..:bigthumb:

Darryl Buckner 05-14-2012 09:49 AM

If everything works out to be true as far as tracking and alignment stuff goes, get a pair of endtubes from Chassis Engineering and weld one onto the passenger side and get a longer axle to fit the length. That way it will move the wheel, brake caliper and all out to match the other side. I run their end tubes on all my stuff cause I hate "C" clip eliminators that leak, and they use a backing plate like a 9" rearend to hold the axle in.

WWhittle 05-14-2012 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Darryl Buckner (Post 167182)
If everything works out to be true as far as tracking and alignment stuff goes, get a pair of endtubes from Chassis Engineering and weld one onto the passenger side and get a longer axle to fit the length. That way it will move the wheel, brake caliper and all out to match the other side. I run their end tubes on all my stuff cause I hate "C" clip eliminators that leak, and they use a backing plate like a 9" rearend to hold the axle in.

I think if I had to make one end tube longer and one axle longer in my car to make shit work, I'd be tearing it apart to find out what's out of whack!

Bradleyrj 05-14-2012 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by WWhittle (Post 167219)
I think if I had to make one end tube longer and one axle longer in my car to make shit work, I'd be tearing it apart to find out what's out of whack!

Yeah.. not really interested in that I dont think. When I installed the rear I adjusted the new adjustable arms to the same length as each other, and stock length. I am going to get under the car tomorrow and adjust them to try and bring it over some.

Darryl Buckner 05-14-2012 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WWhittle (Post 167219)
I think if I had to make one end tube longer and one axle longer in my car to make shit work, I'd be tearing it apart to find out what's out of whack!

But he knows whats wrong, its been wrecked, and upper boxes pulled out. Alot of people swap in SN95 chassis rear ends into fox bodies for the disc brakes and what ever else, and one tube is longer then the other, but not enough difference that the axles won't swap from side to side. I was just giving that suggestion as a cheap and easy fix to square up the rear end, of course that only works if everything else is right..:bigthumb:

Bradleyrj 05-14-2012 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Darryl Buckner (Post 167247)
But he knows whats wrong, its been wrecked, and upper boxes pulled out. Alot of people swap in SN95 chassis rear ends into fox bodies for the disc brakes and what ever else, and one tube is longer then the other, but not enough difference that the axles won't swap from side to side. I was just giving that suggestion as a cheap and easy fix to square up the rear end, of course that only works if everything else is right..:bigthumb:

Ya know, I can not confirm what year this housing is from....I guess I need to measure. I know I gotta do something though, I cant drive it like it is and cant afford to build a new rear / order new axles.


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