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CatherineF



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Driveway and Thermal underpants Ven?????
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It is literally a 5 minute job and I did mine on my driveway, using the diagram posted in this thread.

2 spanners 18 mm I think or maybe 19 mm and a steel ruler to get the measurement on the nut correct while the wheels were pointing straight ahead.

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You don't even need to measure anything just slacken the bolt and locking nut off until the wheel hits the radius arm and move it back abit so the wheel is about 5mm off the arm. Alot of people let them touch the arm!
Post #383804 1st Jan 2015 7:26am
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CatherineF



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Can this be done with the wheels on full lock or do they have to be straight ahead when you do the adjustment?
Post #383806 1st Jan 2015 7:29am
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You'll need to go from lock to lock - and the lock stop the right adjusts clearance for the left wheel and visa versa.
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When we did the Alps I was able to drive the Stelvio pass without shunting once. My mate had to shunt on almost every corner. Later in the campsite I had a look and he had loads of room so I tweaked the stops for him and the rest of the trip was so much easier for him.



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Post #383819 1st Jan 2015 9:16am
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Aye. But Chris didn't do this one did he Shocked


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Correct, hence the ref that Stelvio was one of the easy ones Laughing

deffo need the stops sorting on that one with a 110 California F1, 75th 110 "Kermit", 50th Ann V8, 90 V8 Hybrid, 55 Series 1

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Post #383825 1st Jan 2015 9:27am
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CatherineF wrote:
Driveway and Thermal underpants Ven?????
Distinctly so not right to me... Shocked Rog... Mr. Green
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Fish wrote:
You don't even need to measure anything just slacken the bolt and locking nut off until the wheel hits the radius arm and move it back abit so the wheel is about 5mm off the arm. Alot of people let them touch the arm!


It'll be an MOT fail if it touches the arm though Thumbs Up
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It was the first mod I did to my 110, the Turing circle before was shocking! Shocked

I just put it on full lock, went down on one knee and reached under & behind the wheel to screw the stops in (I was surprised to find no lock nuts though)
I just kept a tweeking them back out until the tyres stopped rubbing the radius arms when driven on full lock,

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just did mine. Thumbs Up
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lukev01 wrote:
Venomator

It is literally a 5 minute job and I did mine on my driveway, using the diagram posted in this thread.

2 spanners 18 mm I think or maybe 19 mm and a steel ruler to get the measurement on the nut correct while the wheels were pointing straight ahead.

Cheers Thumbs Up

Luke
Thanks for the encouragement Luke (and @CatherineF... Evil or Very Mad )... Thumbs Up

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So I'm assuming you wind in to bring the tyre closer to the arm? 2015 Audi Q3 Quattro S Line Plus 184 TDI Stronic
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