Originally posted by PMK
Thanks Mike, I did ream the spacer while installed in the pod and using the opposite side as a guide. Using the plastic spacers, this worked best but still is nowhere near as freed up as these Carbon fibre adjusters. I'm just suprised there's not a better means to an end that's readily available.
PK
I think you may have something else going on with your rear axle. I have run these delrin rear axle ride height adjusters for over 20 years and I have always been able to make them work. Many years ago we not only had to ream the holes in the ride height adjusters but we also had to very slightly trim or sand the outside of the adjusters so that they would go into the pod plates much easier. With today's pod plates like IRS, CRC, Niftech or any of the other plates, this process no longer seems necessary. Although, you still need to ream the holes in the ride height adjusters. If you have reamed the holes in the adjuster with a 3/8", straight reamer and you rear axle still does not spin freely, try sanding the outside perimeter of the ride height adjuster until they will go into the pod plates with very little effort. If after doing that and your axle still does not spin freely, I would replace the bearings with the best quality bearing you can afford. I am currently testing some KGB, ceramic rear axle bearings and they, so far, are proving to be the best I have ever run. With no wheels on my car the axle will always fall with the clamping screw on the left hub at the bottom. That's a free axle