Rear Cradle Alignment

[JETURBO]

Cheers ralph

Bang up a pik I wanna gander

[TITO]

Forget about all these pins just use two 4 or 5mm self tappers in the back of the subframe screw one on the left and the other on the right into the chassis rail before you drop the rear end. Unscrew your self tappers and these would be your reference when putting the rear sub frame back into position. A few marker pen marks also help to line it up.

[Mr_4.0]

That assumes the cradle is correct positioned in the first place!

[Ralph Wiggum]

^whs

[bionicxr6t05]

Or use 13 and 15mm impact sockets (from memory)

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[skidxr6t]

A little bump, could a badly aligned cradle be the cause of a diff bush being flogged in about 400km?

I defiantly notice my rear wheels seem to both face sorta slightly inwards now compared to before hand.

People are all saying its the ford bush and driving a car hard will flog it so I've just left the matter but if the mechanics done the job wrong, doesn't matter how many burnouts the car has done they have f*cked up.

Edited 19/05/13 03:04 AM by johnxr6t

[ratter]

a misaligned cradle will not have both wheels facing inwards but incorrect rear wheel alignment could

[Kroozin]

  On 03/05/2013 at 10:49 AM, TITO said:

Forget about all these pins just use two 4 or 5mm self tappers in the back of the subframe screw one on the left and the other on the right into the chassis rail before you drop the rear end. Unscrew your self tappers and these would be your reference when putting the rear sub frame back into position. A few marker pen marks also help to line it up.

  On 03/05/2013 at 11:33 AM, Mr_4.0 said:

That assumes the cradle is correct positioned in the first place!

I adjusted the cradle with a measuring tape coz im bodgy .. actually came out spot on after a wheel alignment..mind you I measured off just about everything in sight and just nudged the basterd around till it was spot on..

After that I just got some black spray paint and sprayed all around where the cradle meets the sub frame for later use then nipped up the 18mm bolts.. its gotta be a deep socket too.