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PostPosted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 7:57 pm 
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i got appletree 2x3 trailing arms and they pigeon toe bad. everyone thinks im running a swing axle. just wondering if my spacers are on the wrong side or if i have to bend me trailing arms. something i dunno. any help is appreciated
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:58 pm 
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There is no adjustment for camber, just toe. Dosen't look TOO bad, no worse than the buggy in front of you.
I wouldn't try bending the arms, might end up doing more harm than good.

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 9:10 pm 
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I thought I read before that there is a right and left. I would check to see if they are marked L or R. The marked arms must have some built in camber correction. When the torsion is cranked pretty tight they seem to get the camber change like yours.

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 9:12 pm 
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i have seen them upside down, right or left,,that does cause that


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the arms i got r not welded at the stub housing so u can adjust then u can weld it up after u get your tires how u want them

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 8:32 am 
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Those appletree tree arms should already have a shock moumt on top of them. If so,it would be hard to get them switched around. Could be a bent torsion or someone converted it from a swing axle and didn't weld the pockets right. JMO

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 8:34 am 
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jesse wrote:
the arms i got r not welded at the stub housing so u can adjust then u can weld it up after u get your tires how u want them

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Did you cut those bearing housing out of stock arms? If so,What did you use and how hard was it?

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 9:36 am 
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Todd sells new bearing houses and inner pivot boss

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:07 am 
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its real easy to cut the bearing housings out jus use a torch and and a grinder to clean them up,ive never bought a new set always used old ones,they never go bad,at least ive never seen a bad one


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yea they out of a stock arm but i got a guy to make them for me so i did not do it

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:29 pm 
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well... i switched the trailing arms. and good news. they still have a slight camber but im pretty sure that its from having the spring plates notched out and the torsion turned up. but a lot better than before. they have a thicker flange on one side of the trailing arm so i thought that was for the shock mounts but they must be some type of guard or something. not to sure but i appreciate everyones help, now i dont have to buy new tires every 2 seasons. also when i pulled the tires off i didn't have a problem with the buggy on jack stands but when i put em back on i had to jack it up about 2" so i gained some more ground clearance which i'm really pumped up. before i had to put some pressure on the spring plate to slide the trailing arm up but it was no problem at all when i put them back on. now i just gotta put my motor back together

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:11 am 
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appletree builds there arms in one jig so one trailing arm may have more camber than the other one,glad u got it close


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