Installing back stock springs.

[Jaay_d5.0]

My mustang is on lowering spring and want to put it back to stock i was wondering will i need anyother work done going back to stock springs since I’m switchingback to stock

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[Norm Peterson]

You should at least get the resulting alignment checked. Adjustment may or may not be necessary.

You may or may not have some front wheel camber adjustability added at the time the lowering springs were added, which you may or may not want to keep. Camber plates I'd keep, aftermarket camber bolts, not.


Norm

 

[1972_todd]

My mustang is on lowering spring and want to put it back to stock i was wondering will i need anyother work done going back to stock springs since I’m switchingback to stock

Do you mind sharing why you're going back? I've been going back and forth thinking about lowering. Only to close the gap some.

 

[blind*guardian]

You should at least get the resulting alignment checked. Adjustment may or may not be necessary.

You may or may not have some front wheel camber adjustability added at the time the lowering springs were added, which you may or may not want to keep. Camber plates I'd keep, aftermarket camber bolts, not.


Norm

Norm, what’s the issue with camber bolts, if any?

 

[Norm Peterson]

Norm, what’s the issue with camber bolts, if any?

It's specifically about aftermarket "camber bolts", which specifically call for a much lower installation torque than Ford's OE strut to knuckle fasteners. Ford has been known to offer their own camber bolts, which were rated to the full torque of the OE bolts.

Lower installation torque means less clamping force, and bolted joints are held in position by friction developed from the clamping force. Not by direct shear in the bolts themselves like you might think. Direct shear only keeps a joint that slipped a little from slipping past bolt to hole clearance limits.


Norm

 

[blind*guardian]

It's specifically about aftermarket "camber bolts", which specifically call for a much lower installation torque than Ford's OE strut to knuckle fasteners. Ford has been known to offer their own camber bolts, which were rated to the full torque of the OE bolts.

Lower installation torque means less clamping force, and bolted joints are held in position by friction developed from the clamping force. Not by direct shear in the bolts themselves like you might think. Direct shear only keeps a joint that slipped a little from slipping past bolt to hole clearance limits.


Norm

Thanks Norm. That makes sense.

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