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daver6

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Hello chaps,

I'm currently putting my axle back together and am at the stage of securing the torsion bars against the offset washer.

When doing this, the arms want to come out of the crossmember. They do tap back, but its obviously difficult to locate the bars when you're withdrawing everything at the same time! Roll eyes

So to really, I'm not too convinced that the arm to seal gap is correct it's around 5mm from memory? This seems consistent with my axle which is on the car but Mei's guide says 0.05mm or .002" which seems minute?

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Posted 17th Aug 2013 at 10:49
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welshpug!

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LOL, you certainly don't want the seal 5mm awaw from the cup, what's the point of having it if its like that?! Laugh my ass off

clearance is indeed 0.05mm.

fitting the torsion bar you should push the arms in fully against the seal, screw in the stud fully on the opposite end of the bar, slide bar in, fit offset washer, fit countersunk bolt which will pull the torsion bar back a few mm, place 0.05mm feeler gauge between seal and trailing arm cup.

push arm in, wind stud out on opposite side till it touches the cup in the crossmember, dont go winding it further as it'll push the arm out and increase the gap, fit the washer and 13mm halfnut, hold stud with large flat blade screwdriver and lock down nut.

job done, easy peasy.

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Posted 17th Aug 2013 at 11:03
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daver6

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Yeah, thats what I was doing! But it looks as if I'll be tapping a long time to get it to 2thou :/

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Posted 17th Aug 2013 at 11:06
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only need to push it.

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Posted 17th Aug 2013 at 11:30
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daver6

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right, I'll have a look, but I don't think I'll be able to push it to that

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Posted 17th Aug 2013 at 13:04
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monty-69

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0.05mm doesnt leave much for flexing of the trailing arms on the pivot point, possibly causing binding. Isnt it just a flexible seal that squashes when then gap is less than a few mm?
Posted 17th Aug 2013 at 13:20
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welshpug!

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no, its a lip seal, the 0.05mm is to the body of the seal, the lip making contact before this.

I highly doubt that the arm shaft will flex and cause binding.

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Posted 17th Aug 2013 at 13:26
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Fancy taking a picture of how the assembled seal etc looks? I appreciate that it needs to be set to that, but just a picture for reference would be good Smile

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Posted 17th Aug 2013 at 13:36
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Posted 17th Aug 2013 at 13:47
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You're a good lad, thanks!

That'll prove handy! Thanks again

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Posted 17th Aug 2013 at 13:53
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Silly question but... if the seal aint in contact, how does it seal?

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Posted 17th Aug 2013 at 19:21
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welshpug!

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you are setting the clearance to the main body of the seal, not the lip which is flexible.

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Posted 17th Aug 2013 at 19:35
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Ah, okay. It just looks like the feeler guages are spacing the seal lip.

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Posted 18th Aug 2013 at 07:44
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You force the seal lip up with the gauge to measure the clearance of the body of the seal not the lip as welshpug says. That way the rubber lip is in constant contact with the arm but there is enough clearance for movement.

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Posted 18th Aug 2013 at 08:18
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Gotcha...

Its like retards day out with me today. LOL

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Posted 18th Aug 2013 at 09:01
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Every day with you Thumbs up

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Posted 18th Aug 2013 at 10:38
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+1 ARMZThumbs up
Posted 18th Aug 2013 at 10:49
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-1 mick.

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Posted 20th Aug 2013 at 10:35
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+1 aaron as I was also wondering that

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Posted 20th Aug 2013 at 18:09
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+1 to armz and welshpug

-1 to everyone else LOL

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Posted 20th Aug 2013 at 19:00
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-1 mick just purely because its you....

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Posted 21st Aug 2013 at 10:17
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I'm sat in my tent in Amsterdam. So my car has made it this far. The back end feels amazing...perhaps a little low though

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Posted 26th Aug 2013 at 11:12
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On my phone so can't link it http://www.flickr.com/x/t/0092009/photos/berilia/9596242539

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Posted 26th Aug 2013 at 11:21
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