B3 - CVD's too short?

[Dan442]

Hello all,

I recently obtained a used B3 that has the shiny dog bone MIP CVD's. When the rear suspension is unloaded, the dog bone ends are at the very edge of the drive sockets. On my T4 by comparison, the dog bone ends go further into the drive sockets. Could this B3 have T3 lower arms which are a little longer?

I appreciate any ideas or insight! Thanks,

-Dan

[Bugle]

Yeah I think they made the B3 a bit wider but used the B2 length bones still.
Pretty much stuck using the outer shock hole on the arms to limit the droop, and maybe have to put some droop limiters in the shocks.

[Dan442]

I assume that I need to disassemble the shocks to install limiters, right?

Thanks for the help!

-Dan

[59burst]

and move the shims to inside of the rear hub if they are outside

[Dan442]

Thanks - will do. How do I set up droop limiters in the rear shocks?

-Dan

[jwscab]

yes, you will have to dissassemble the shocks, and put a spacer on the shaft. fuel tubing, hard plastic, whatever you have.

to set the droop, a set of calipers is handy, but you can use a ruler with fine graduations. Take the spings and lower collars off. set the car up on a spacer (under the trans) until it is as high as you need it to be(moving the cvd to the safest max length). then measure the exposed shaft length.(bottom of shock to top of ball joint, or whatever you want to use as a reference) then take the shock off, and pull the shaft as far out as it will go, and measure that the same way. The difference between the two numbers is the length of the limiter that you put inside the shock.

[Dan442]

Thank you much for the detailed explanation. I'll let you know how the "surgery" goes.

-Dan