Miata Mailing List: February 1993, Message #33
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Subject: Re: Millen sway bars: installation and impressions
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On Mon, 8 Feb 1993, Jeff Maurer wrote:
[...]
> The Miata Shop Manual specifies a special ball joint separator for the upper
> ball joint on the front wheel.  This is necessary because the shock tower,
> once loosened top and bottom, can't be tilted to clear the fender well unless
> the upper A-arm is lowered.  Unfortunately, all of the decent universal
> ball joint separators that I tried are too long to fit in the cramped
> space between the upper and lower A-arms.  You can avoid the whole issue
> by removing the two inside bolts that retain the lower A-arm as I did.
> These also are responsible for adjusting the camber and caster though, so
> take careful note of the settings before you loosen them.  You should also
> consider having the car realigned after you're done.

I'm no suspension expert, but it seems like a good idea to re-check the
allignment settings anyway after lowering the car an inch...

-Andy

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