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Thread: Pan Hard Bar Spec and engine/pinion angle?

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    Pan Hard Bar Spec and engine/pinion angle?

    When installing the 3-Link set-up and adjusting the pan hard bar, what is the proper off-set? I would assume at ride height you have some offset to account for the left and right travel of the axle when it rides up and down...

    Second, what angle on your engine and pinion are good starting points?

    Thanks,

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    Panhard bar should be horizontal with the car at ride height. Pinion approximately 2 degrees nose down relative to the transmission output, again with the car at ride height.

    Jeff

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    Download the tremec app on your phone. It makes the whole pinion angle measuring process easy as it walks you through the measurements on the engine, driveshaft and rear end, and then you can adjust them to get in the right tolerance.
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    Perfect! thanks

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    Hope video helps you as much as it helped me:

    https://youtu.be/Idk3BVDVHq4

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    Quote Originally Posted by rychi1 View Post
    Download the tremec app on your phone. It makes the whole pinion angle measuring process easy as it walks you through the measurements on the engine, driveshaft and rear end, and then you can adjust them to get in the right tolerance.
    Second on the Tremec app. Only hard part is everything is so tight and if you have an iPhone 6s plus like me its hard to get in there with a big phone. I had to borrow my wife's smaller phone and put the app on it. Just got mine dialed in this afternoon. Angle 1 is 01.1, Angle 2 is 00.4 and driveline is 00.7. Green!
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