Rear End Alignment Adjustment

[vesnyder]

I am in the process of putting my spring plates back on after replacing my spring plate bushings and torsion bars. I marked the spring plate before removing but I cannot get it close by adjusting by hand? I do not have the large hex head wrench that would be used to align it that I think would allow me to get it closer before I get it aligned.

- Any tricks to adjust it without the large hex wrench?
- Is it OK to adjust ride height w/o close alignment?
- Is it OK to drive with wacked alignment?

Any direction is appreciated.

[911nut]

You should be able to get real close before you will need to final adjust the height via the spring plates. Remember that the chassis end of the torsion bar has more splines on it than the spring plate end. To get close to your old spring plate angle you will have to index the torsion bar in the chassis once you get as close as you can out on the spring plate side.

You can pick up a thin headset wrench at a bicycle shop and use that in place of a ride height wrench.

You should be able to perform a rudimantary alignment youself, at least good enough to get you an alignment shop. See the tech articles here at PP on home alignment. You will also need a corner balance job too.

Driving your car without a proper alignment will cause etremely poor hand,ing and high tire wear.