Originally Posted by
Tdub77
Hello there, I am measuring and imputing measurements for a durango desc210 and the front a arms are a gull wing design. The rendering that shows looks a bit off from what the a arms are. I understand that the gull wing is not going to show but I still dont think that I did the measuring correctly. For the LArm I measured from hinge pin to hinge pin and then subtracted the thickness of the hinge pin. I sure this is ok but what is concerning me is the lower shock positions. I fitted a screw in the shock mounting hole and measured from the top of the screw to the ground with the a arm flat on the work bench then adjusted for the thickness of the screw. The problem is that when the a arm is mounted on the car it is not in the same orientation as it is when I measured the lower shock hole due to the gull wing design. Is how I measured this correct or do I have to measure it in a different way.
Sounds like you are measuring correctly. Using that method you need to subtract 1/2 the screw diameter plus 1/2 of the thickness of the arm at the hinge pin locations. The value you enter for Y1 an Yn will be negative so the lower shock holes will be shown below the line that connects the inner and outer hinge pins.
Originally Posted by
Tdub77
Also I was a bit confused with the LKing measurements. Am I just supposed to measure from the lower hinge pin to the upper hinge pin?
You always measure between the suspension pivot points. So for the LKing the measurement will be between mid point of the lower hinge pin caster block and the upper ball stud.
Originally Posted by
Tdub77
The last thing is the steering tab on my program is not working, I am not able to print a page for taking measurements and I am also not able to input any info onto the page.
Thanks for an Awesome program and the help figuring this out.
Tim
The steering module is not enabled yet. It is currently in testing on the Team Version and will be released in a week or so.