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Old 04-04-2007, 08:08 PM
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If you know, Please tell me an exactly distance between centers of inside axis’s in front suspensions (in the picture). I cannot adjust the angles in front wheels.


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Old 05-04-2007, 02:19 PM
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FUCK THAT!

Buy some adjustable TCA's

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Thank you for you answer.
But we live in Ukraine and we cannot buy adjustable TCA's. We have not any possibilities. It is easy for us to set necessary distance. In any case we want to know this size.

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Old 11-04-2007, 09:15 PM
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I will measure one for you next time I am underneath one.

Why are you having problems ?
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NUTS RuS, can you not send him out some adjustable TCA's, he simply wants to remove the camber from his front wheels and i'm dreading the thought of how complicated hes going to make his life
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I could if he ordered some yes
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valerchik, our retarded friend here NUTS RuS will post you some of their top quality TCA's
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I'd post you some too - IF you had paid for your previous order
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Old 12-04-2007, 07:05 AM
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I'll try to check the measurement from the workshop manual when I'm at home.
What I have done to counter the lowered car, is I've just made new holes some 15mm higher than the original holes and 2mm more out to give me the camber I want.
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Surely does that not make the mounting area weak though having 2 holes so close together? Or have you welded the old holes up?
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The workshop manual says 732.8mm.

Safechav: I honestly can't see an issue there.
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Thank you for your answer. Sorry guies for my rare visit.
Our Internet is expensive. We have problems with it.
Thank you JesseT.
I measured this distance on my car = 724 mm
If it's = 732,5 mm, so 8 mm is deformation, isn"t it?


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This is the value I picked form the slightly unclear structures drawings for a MK3 escort. I would assume they are correct and equally apply to mk4. However I wouldn't thurst it 100% and 8mm sounds like a lot if the car has not been crashed etc.
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Thank you for your advise! It is very useful. And this is my problem
It was not failure. There was an impact in a border then it was necessary to adjust corners of forward wheels. Precisely to adjust it was not possible.

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