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Installing Falcon Front Tension Rods


PeterAllen

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A little tutorial on how I installed XD Falcon tension rods.

While the spacing of the bolt holes is identical to the S30 a few mods have to be done. Firstly the holes in the Falcon rod are larger and require sleeves - believe it or not the sleeves were available off eBay. I can't recall the sizes but I'll try to look it up. Also the angle of the holes is a little different so I heated the rod at the bend (see red circle) with an Oxy torch and bent it to match the S30.

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As the Falcon rod is thicker the sleeves are larger so I had to drill out the S30 bushes to suit the new sleeve. The length required no shortening.

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The mounting holes on the chassis required a little opening with enough clearance to ensure unhindered movement.

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I was able to purchase slotted round nuts off eBay which came with two 'C' spanners so I fitted two each side of the bushes.

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As my primary aim was the establish the standard castor angle which had been reduced when I off-set the LCAs outwards, so at this stage I've done no more than set the length to the free position of the lower control arm, i.e. I've not attempted to alter the standard castor although that is now easily doable with the threaded XD rods.

 

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