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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: Dave_IOW on 04 June 2011, 13:12
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Eibach bar was rubbing a fair bit on the front so decided to angle grind droplinks down after borrowing a bush (cheers Wes :wink:) after losing mine.
Took drop link off, angle grinded the internal threaded bit to the height i wanted, looked in and found out they are not threaded all the way through :sick:
Now have to get it helicoiled which im not sure will work as the hole isnt that tight over the thread, or chop and weld some original ones.
Not what i was hoping for :sad:
Also found out my inner CV joint is screwed :cry:
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ah bugger that's not good mate :sad:
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completely dont know what to do. Persevere with the Eibach ARB and buy some more droplinks and cut them just a little bit shorter to try and solve the problem, or stick the TT bar back on meaning taking all that bloody subframe back off.... again :grin:
MOT in 2 months so have to decide soon :laugh:
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After reading through about 300 pages on about 100 different forums, it comes to the conclusion that with the Eibach bar i have, i cant go over 50mm.
Looks like it il be coming off and the TT bar going on there for the second time :angry:
Really had enough with dropping subframe, and joy of joy i will be able to sort my inner CV joint out while im down there. Fantastic :sad:
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I LOL'd when I read this Dave. The bore is different halfway through and is not threaded all the way through I know this as I shortened S-L-I-X's drop links and fitted them on here to discover the same thing. Luckily I have an ARC welder and was able to re-weld them as it's only mild steel.
I chopped the threaded bit in half, angle grinded the bottom part (non tapped end) then welded the tapped end back on.
In short, been there, done that, got the t-shirt and LOL when other people find out the same thing due to people not spreading the word.
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Royal pain in the ass, but thanks for the advice! I was going to helicoil the bit i needed
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Royal pain in the ass, but thanks for the advice! I was going to helicoil the bit i needed
Weld it, it wont take more than 5min consider its galvanized steel and rods for mild steel are so cheap I can't see a garage charging more than £15 tbh. I used 3 rods in all if I recall correctly also expect a PM your way :wink:.
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You got any pics of your finished product by any chance? Think mine need to be about 3 1/2 inches center - center..
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I'll see what I can do, I'll text my mate and see if he can take a photo.
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Got in contact with my mate on here. He quickly just took a photo its a bit poor due to lighting and he never had a torch wherever he was dogging. Hope this helps:
(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g71/sibilev/Droplink.jpg)
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cheers mate, just what i was after, and bar looks like its roughly in the same place mine needs to be. Does it still rub atall? Think mine might be cranked to far round and now rubbing on the rear side of shaft.. Although its just in place by the bushes at the min :grin:
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His one still does but he runs FK-AK's which are more bouncy and he is lower than me. But it has improved in comparison over the stock plastic ones. Mine no longer catch but I never shortened mine by that much. I also found my my drivers wheel was hooking the pancake bypass pipe, till I went FMIC. Best option is to change the ARB depending on height and bounce.
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Whiteline FTW
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yeah im FK AK too, wondering if its going to be better to just stick the TT one back in..
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yeah im FK AK too, wondering if its going to be better to just stick the TT one back in..
If you got access to ramps and compare the two see how the geometry is effected. With my mechanic we found the shorter it was the further away the hoop/arch's tip of the ARB moved away from the driveshaft. Not a great improvement as in turn it pulled the hoop/arch down as well, obviously the stiffness of the springs/dampeners is a big factor too in terms off contact.
Prob better off saving for some ARB like whiteline etc and using this as a temporary fix :undecided: It's a hard choice, whats the clearence between your wheel and arch like, mines about 20-25mm. Might be worth a little crank up.
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about 10mm i suppose, thats why might go to TT bar again, goes under driveshaft..
Yeah, thats what i noticed, you shorten the droplink to give more clearance, then the back starts hitting! Pain in the arse!
Think im just too low without going really big hooped bar (H&R but bo**ocks to their prices) or just stick TT one back on..
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oh you got the tt ARB, whack that on it seems like a no brainer :wink:
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yeah, got a decent deal on 2 newish eibach's and thought as was thicker, would make me go round corners quicker but has only ever caused me problems :grin:
Subframe back off again then i suppose :rolleyes: