Guest Venture-Z Posted September 13, 2003 Share Posted September 13, 2003 Dose anyone have drawings or demensions for bumpsteer spacers? I'm a machinist and I hate paying for stuff I could easily make. Even a rough sketch with a couple of demensions would be a big help. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ON3GO Posted September 13, 2003 Share Posted September 13, 2003 i have them off my car for the next hour or so.... mine are for 15in wheels or larger, i bought them from MSA... if i can do anything for ya with them let me know. mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Venture-Z Posted September 13, 2003 Share Posted September 13, 2003 Couldn't be any better! I run 15's on my car. Anything you could give me would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ON3GO Posted September 13, 2003 Share Posted September 13, 2003 well i really dont know what to measure for.... tell me and ill try to do it.. i can take some pics, buy my digatal camera is broke whicj takes great pics and ill i have now is my video camera which takes kinda crappy pics.. mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueovalz Posted September 13, 2003 Share Posted September 13, 2003 The traditionally coined "bump steer" spacer dimensions you need can be derived from a Z steering arm if you don't have the spacer itself. The bottom of the spacer fits over the arm and the strut fits over the spacer (which means the top of the spacer must have the same shape as the arm in the round framing of the ball joint and the spacing of the two bolts that hold the arm onto the strut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Venture-Z Posted September 13, 2003 Share Posted September 13, 2003 Thanks to both of you. ON3GO, if you can give me the thickness of the spacer, I can get the rest off my car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueovalz Posted September 13, 2003 Share Posted September 13, 2003 Venture-Z, I would look at what you would want for your set-up in particular, if you are going to be machining these out of billet, rather than use the typical 1" thickness of the pre-made pieces. I believe these spacers do not give any benefit for bump-steer in that it lowers both the control arm AND the steering arm together. It will assist slightly in the camber change by lowering the outer part of the control arm though. If your car is excessively lowered, 1" may not be enough to reposition the lower arms to a more optimal position. In this case, you may want to make your spacers longer, and being you are machining these, I'd take a gander at what thichness YOU want these spacers to be. Of course, you must also take into consideration wheel clearance issues as you go thicker and thicker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ON3GO Posted September 13, 2003 Share Posted September 13, 2003 like blueoval said.. its one inch's thick.. and like he said again im not sure if what i bought makes a hugh difference but oh well, i cant change what i did.. mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Venture-Z Posted September 13, 2003 Share Posted September 13, 2003 Great advice, Thanks for all the help, I'll keep you posted on what I come up with. Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxilary Posted September 13, 2003 Share Posted September 13, 2003 whoa hold up there. you don't want to run 1" spacers. Those spacers from MSA and from JTR are 3/4", not 1". I run 3/4" spacers from JTR on my car with ronal 15x7 at 0 offset, I have about 1/4" clearance between outer tie rod balljoint and the rim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueovalz Posted September 13, 2003 Share Posted September 13, 2003 Yep, that's why I mentioned the coordination of thickness with wheel size. I run 17" wheels and have room to spare. I could drop it another inch if needed. My biggest problem is the steering tie-rod extension (for bump-steer) that comes within 1/4" of the inside of the wheel. This photo is an old one, but shows the set-up with a 1" spacer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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