BMR Tech Tip: Clock those bushings after lowering your S550!

[16s550]

Have same issues and just got alignment today. Gonna go back tomorrow morning and see if they will clock bushings for me...

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[Jeff_oddo]

Im trying to post my alignment specs from today... The car is still pulling right... But it shows its all in spec.

 

[16s550]

Supposedly they do that so that if you fall asleep you go to the right. From what good year told me.. also it could be a radial pull. Sometimes swapping fronts can help.

 

[wireeater]

As someone who will be doing springs soon, this is awesome advice. Thanks.

 

[drabon74]

Ever since I lowered my car on cjpp springs and put on wider tires / rims, my handling has sucked, the car feels dangerously unstable above 90 mph. My wife's 4runner literally feels more planted at 95 mph. I attributed this to the mickey Thompson street comp tires, but I changed to nitto nt 555 g2 today and it's worse. When I saw the wheel it feels like the car has 1985 tires on it with a huge thin sidewall. Also, the left front has a popping sound when turning sharp to the right. I'm not doing any performance mods engine wise until I figure this out. I'm gonna try to reset all the pivot point bolts and see what happens.
When I had the tires put on today the shop told me the front was in spec and the rear of the new mustangs had not camber adjustment.

 

[Dominant1]

This s550 suspension is a ton more complex then the 11-14 cars. Its critical to get it right. Mine will be installed next week and you can bet im going down there with this diagram:

 

[Chad11491]

Ever since I lowered my car on cjpp springs and put on wider tires / rims, my handling has sucked, the car feels dangerously unstable above 90 mph. My wife's 4runner literally feels more planted at 95 mph. I attributed this to the mickey Thompson street comp tires, but I changed to nitto nt 555 g2 today and it's worse. When I saw the wheel it feels like the car has 1985 tires on it with a huge thin sidewall. Also, the left front has a popping sound when turning sharp to the right. I'm not doing any performance mods engine wise until I figure this out. I'm gonna try to reset all the pivot point bolts and see what happens.
When I had the tires put on today the shop told me the front was in spec and the rear of the new mustangs had not camber adjustment.

They don't really have much camber adjustment, but it can be done. I had a local shop (Gran Turismo East, for those in GA) that aligned the car with me in it and got everything to spec, with -1.9 on all 4 corners. They said it would be better if I had CC plates, but they still got it dialed in.

 

[dsp4848]

Great advice Kelly, this could probably solve a lot of issues for people. For you guys wondering if this can be done in the garage without a lift, I just tried doing this in the garage with the car on 4 ramps and the end result is I'm just going to have the shop do it when I get an alignment. There's not enough room to get my torque wrench in there for the higher torqued bolts. Definitely bringing the picture in post #66 in and showing the shop what I want done.

 

[CTH621]

I am having a clunk sound coming from what sounds like the front of the car when I hit the brakes hard. The dealership of course says its my BMR lowering springs. Anybody heard of any issues with any suspension stuff causing a clunking sound from the front end? This just started and I have had the BMR suspension components on my car for almost 3 months now.

Were you able to figure out what was the cause of the clunking? I'm having clunking / creaking on my front left area whenever I go through humps and steep inclines...

 

[RoadDog]

A question.......

So I've changed out my shocks, sway bars, and springs.. The car (as sort of expected) is sitting uneven - this case, in the rear...(an inch difference, L > R).. I didn't clock all of the bushings we're talking about here BUT I did get an alignment after the change-out and all is good..supposedly. I have a 1" drop / Eibach Pro-Kit... My question is wouldn't the alignment system (this at a Ford Dealer) have detected to difference in ride height in the ass-end of the car? To Ford's credit, the Tech spent a fair amount of time *tweaking* (I was standing right there) to get it within spec..
Would the alignment system just have *compensated* for the difference in rear ride height and delivered you a disjointed car? Any alignment Guru's out there can you provide any insights..?

TX!

 

[Dominant1]

What good is a car that tracks straight but looks stupid reclock Those bushings!

 

[BmacIL]

Looks like I'm going to have to do this for the front. Rear dropped the 0.5" as expected on both sides, but front seems high still (should've dropped ~0.75", but looks to have dropped only about 0.3-0.5" tops).

 

[Bluemustang]

Looks like I'm going to have to do this for the front. Rear dropped the 0.5" as expected on both sides, but front seems high still (should've dropped ~0.75", but looks to have dropped only about 0.3-0.5" tops).

Now you've got my wheels turning, no pun intended. When I look at my car, the rear seems to have a bigger fender gap than the front. My FR springs should be 1" drop all round. I need to look again on a completely flat surface.

 

[DennisP]

If I may ask...where did this diagram come from? Is it the service manual? Will definitely be asking my shop to do this when I get the track pack installed next month!

This s550 suspension is a ton more complex then the 11-14 cars. Its critical to get it right. Mine will be installed next week and you can bet im going down there with this diagram:

 

[Dominant1]

It was posted by a member, I don't know where he got it from he never said! Its important to remember that your cracking these bolts loose with the weight of the car on it, then re- torqueing them accordingly! Loosening them releases the pre- load!

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