Spacer the same as moving axle?

[bozothenutter]

apparently the rear axle could do with being moved 5mm to the right.
would adding a 5mm spacer on the right have the same effect?

 

[robzracing]

Not ideal but yes, an axle spacer will work.
Not a wheel spacer though.

There is a bit of adjustment on the rear subframe if you loosen all the bolts so you might be able to do that.




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[bozothenutter]

Not ideal but yes, an axle spacer will work.
Not a wheel spacer though.

There is a bit of adjustment on the rear subframe if you loosen all the bolts so you might be able to do that.




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Was indeed the stubaxle spacer I was talking about.
With all the bolts you mean the one holding the brackets in right?
The ones everybody is always moaning about?

 

[robzracing]

Was indeed the stubaxle spacer I was talking about.
With all the bolts you mean the one holding the brackets in right?
The ones everybody is always moaning about?

Yes those are the ones. 6 in total.
Just out of interest have you checked you’ve got the same stub axles on both sides?
172cup axles were about 5mm thinner than standard. I found this on my car a couple of years ago.


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[bloke]

spacer in behind the bearing?

 

[Krarl]

Have you replaced your axle bushes?

Also are you sure the stub axles are identical as 182 cup ones are thicker

 

[bozothenutter]

spacer in behind the bearing?

Yup....I'm religious about those

 

[bozothenutter]

Yes those are the ones. 6 in total.
Just out of interest have you checked you’ve got the same stub axles on both sides?
172cup axles were about 5mm thinner than standard. I found this on my car a couple of years ago.


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Never looked at those...🤔

 

[robzracing]

Never looked at those...[emoji848]

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[bloke]

5mm is a lot so would be worth checking stub axles as already mentioned. Does it drive ok? How did you find out it was 5mm out?

 

[bozothenutter]

5mm is a lot so would be worth checking stub axles as already mentioned. Does it drive ok? How did you find out it was 5mm out?

yeah I know, found out from an alignment see this topic.
offset is 0°.07min, plugged some numbers (wheelbase, centerline angle, offset angle) into a Pythagoras website and it came up as 5mm

it also has a problem with camber.

it now drives ok, slight pull under braking and seems to prefer left hand corners.

 

[bozothenutter]

like this.....