Originally Posted by
RalliArt_Mirage
For anyone thinking about shimming the rears, good luck. The rear end has a pressed bearing. That will make things considerably harder. I went to Can-Alignment and we tried it but the bearing made us hold off.
I can sadly confirm this. It is not possible to make any adjustment,not even shimming.
It is not that the bearing is pressed,because that slides right off with the drum after the center cap is removed and the large (30mm) nut removed. However I thought that the stub axle is bolted on with the backing plate so after loosening the 4 bolts,I will be able to move the whole stub axle with brakes and everything on it. Wrong!
The little axle that the bearing and hence the wheel is mounted on is welded to the whole rear suspension beam.
So loosening the backing plate bolts and shimming would only move the backing plate which is useless.
This sucks because the excessive toe in on the rear axle of my mirage is now chopping the rear tires and I can hear the tire noise. And I can not do a darn thing about it. Feels like hands tied behind the back.
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