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Wishbone difference 26R to standard
Posted:
Wed Apr 08, 2020 5:44 pmby Vali
Hi Guys,
I have bought a new pair of 26R wishbones and were about to fit them on my S4 Elan with the original chassis.
But the wishbones are very different to the standard ones.
At the outer pickup points there is no space so the bush housings would grind on the hub carrier.
The space between is only 138mm. The standard ones are from bush housing to bush housing about 144mm...
And the inner pickup points to the chassis are different, too ...
Does the 26R has another chassis pickup points and smaller hub carriers?
Or are there really different wishbones dimensions or were my wishbones fucked up by the welder?
Best regards and stay healthy,
Valentin
Re: Wishbone difference 26R to standard
Posted:
Wed Apr 08, 2020 6:12 pmby nmauduit
with the rose joints on do they mount ok or are they too tight? I would think some adjustement may/should be possible by way of shimimng (e.g. to set rear toe in), but in your case they could be out of tolerance...
Within factory specs and tolerances (...) chassis are all the same to that respect (26R only had some reinforcements, except the "high back" versions)
Re: Wishbone difference 26R to standard
Posted:
Thu Apr 09, 2020 9:03 amby bigvalvehead
Where did you get them?
They do not look correct.
The rose joints should sit in the middle of the inner chassis mounts with spacers either side
Cheers
Dave
Re: Wishbone difference 26R to standard
Posted:
Thu Apr 09, 2020 10:41 amby Vali
Hi Dave,
I got them from Kelvedon/Kelsport.
I´m waiting for a mail response from Doug. I hope he knows what went wrong.
Maybe there are similar wishbones for other cars like the Europa? and I got the wrong wishbones.
Re: Wishbone difference 26R to standard
Posted:
Thu Apr 09, 2020 11:19 amby bigvalvehead
No other wishbones fit the Elan.
I'll try and take some pics of wishbones I have later.
Cheers
Dave
Re: Wishbone difference 26R to standard
Posted:
Thu Apr 09, 2020 1:43 pmby 661
The centre axis of the rose joints should be in the centre axis of the inner rear chassis mounts. Yours looks wrong, sorry.
Re: Wishbone difference 26R to standard
Posted:
Thu Apr 09, 2020 3:56 pmby bigvalvehead
Pics of fit on alloy upright and comparison on inner mounting points
What are centre to centre distances on inner mounts?
Cheers
Dave
Re: Wishbone difference 26R to standard
Posted:
Thu Apr 09, 2020 3:57 pmby bigvalvehead
Graeme
Are they TTR wishbones?
Cheers
Dave
Re: Wishbone difference 26R to standard
Posted:
Thu Apr 09, 2020 6:07 pmby 661
bigvalvehead wrote:Graeme
Are they TTR wishbones?
Cheers
Dave
Hi Dave,
They are indeed, dusty, nickelled, TTR items
Re: Wishbone difference 26R to standard
Posted:
Thu Apr 23, 2020 8:14 amby Vali
I have sent back the wishbones and ordered the TTR ones.
Already got the TTR wishbones and they will fit without any problems.
Even that the TTRs are more expensive they are blank so I will have to coat them with POR15 before I install these on my car.
