Originally Posted by
old mechanic
I saved my tires by following your advice 3dplane. At 10k I have 1/32 front wear (out of 6/32 to wear blocks) and about HALF that on the rear (every tread the same running 45+ psi pressure). I find it hard now to really get close to the limits of the cornering ability. I had my alignment checked at 5k miles and documented at the dealership. They told me Mitsubishi would get in touch when they had a solution but the issue they documented was cross camber, not total toe like the specs you posted on your latest post on this thread.
Your posts are greatly appreciated and I might not have bought my Mirage without your input. I have tweaked the camber on both rear axle stubs to about -.5-7. I think the next step will be a comealong to get the toe to hold position without my rods and turnbuckle, done on the alignment rack with gauges set to check progress.
My total toe was no where near as bad as those specs. In fact I think it was less that .40, but I like it a heck of a lot better at 0.
regards
mech
Thanks old mech! I too want to get rid of my rig. The tremendous pressure it has to hold,makes it break periodically.
First it was the 3/8 allthread snapped then the flat stock I replaced it with snapped,now it has the flat stock doubled up around the corners and it seems to hold but it creaks with suspension movement,it is ugly looking from behind the car and I'm pretty sure it is considerable amount of under body airflow drag suspended accross so low.
I discovered on the alignment rack that the axle beam as the whole unit being spring steel will not bend permanently. Tension released will go right back where it was. (almost a total degree in my case). So the only hope I have to do a permanent adjustment is using your technique relying on the stub axle hopefully being softer steel allowing for a tweak.
I need to pull the rear hub off and measure the diameter of the stub axle so I can make a beefy enough pipe to do the trick.
By the way where would one obtain a thick walled steel pipe? Any of the home improvement stores maybe?
Or like your first suggestion from a while back (strong pipe still needed) get a steel rim,weld the pipe to it with reinforcment gussets bolt it on in place of the wheel and give it hell that way.
I am beyond worrying about ruining the axle! It is ruined from factory and they do not care about doing anything about it anyway so screw it. I don't want to carry the rig under there anymore.
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