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Old 11-06-2016, 02:25 PM   #47
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Originally Posted by Norinradd View Post
When i say shock i nean the entire strut assembly.

Are you saying the whole strut and spring have nothing to do with alignment? As they most certainly do.


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On the front suspension, yes. On the rear suspension, 100% no.

If you take the strut out of the front suspension the knuckle is left wobbling around on the LCA. Macpherson struts aren't just shocks, they're integral to the geometry.

If you take the shock out of the rear the knuckle is still perfectly located by the LCA, UCA and trailing arm. On a double wishbone or multilink setup the shock is just a shock and doesn't control geometry at all.

If you're sick of people getting pissy with you, take a look at the tone of your posts. You don't sound like you're trying to learn, you sound like you're telling people that are trying to help you that they're wrong.
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