So its been a number of months now since I took the rear suspension out and I am finally able to start reassembling things. Only theres a teeensy little problem. Someone has been rooting around in the shop (uncle probably) and now things are not where I left them and I can't find my notes. For the most part assembling this is straight forward - I have left over shims though and I didn't buy any new ones so I am certain all the ones I have were being used before. So the question is how do I figure out where these two belong? I have 6, and while i haven't put a caliper to them they all seem to me to be the same thickness. At the moment I have one on the inside and outside of the brake disk because I thought I remembered them being there, but then i found these other two and I dont really want to proceed until I get this figured out.

 

I don't blame you for not wanting to proceed... Did you take or do you have ANY photos what so ever?

 

Yes, inside and outside of the brake disk is correct. Inside the brake disk centers the disk in the caliper, outside adjusts the camber. I would be inclined to set the location of the calipers, then distribute any remaining shims evenly on both sides of the car. When you get it aligned you may need to change the outside ones, add more or remove whats there, but that's always the case I think.

 

No photos that would be helpful. It was a grimey mess taking this apart so I didn't want to be gooeing up my phone. I had a grime covered notebook somewhere that I wrote all my observations down in so reassembly would be relatively drama free but it has vanished. I think I will do as garethashenden suggested and distribute the remaining shims evenly between the sides. On an alignment note - I have never dealt with a car that got any alignment in the rear. Is this something any alignment shop can handle when it comes time or is it something I'd be doing myself? I've only even done rough tape measure alignments on the front end of old trucks and such.

 

I would get an alignment shop to read it and then figure out what to do from there. I wouldn't want an alignment shop disassembling my rear axle to add or remove shims personally, but that's me. I think they wouldn't want to do it either. One 0.020" shim will adjust the camber 0.25 degrees according to the manual, so it should be straight forward to diy once you have a baseline measurement. If you're lucky it won't need any adjustment.

 

That seems straight forward enough. Thank you.

 

So, there are these little spacers that go on the bolts that go through the top hole of the rear shocks and im missing one. Can someone hook me up with a part number or a link or something to where i can get a replacement.

 

Rear Shock Absorber/Damper Sleeve C17012 I think.
https://www.sngbarratt.com/English/#...20Id%202636480)

 

Thank you!

 

Can someone tell me the torque specs for the half shaft nuts?

 

They're half inch or 9/16” nuts right? If they are it’s 49-55 ft-lbs