What a difference an inch makes... (there's a twss joke in there somewhere..)
Before loosening the arms...
Drivers
Pass
After loosening up the arms and bouncing around on the rear bumper for a minute to settle it...
Drivers
Pass
Before whole car
After whole car
Subtle, but, it makes a difference. She's ready for her alignment! It's hard to believe some rubber bushings could keep the weight of the entire back of that car up but it do.
Evidently, this wasn't enough weight on the suspension to really compress it to where the bushings wouldn't bind up. For any of you who are going to do this job in the future, don't tighten the arms until the full weight of the car is on the wheels. Front and rear. I think it makes a difference. Fortunately, the Outback has enough ground clearance to get under it without having to put it on blocks. When I did the LGT, I remember now, I had to set the car on blocks and get under it that way. 12" of wooden blocks actually. It was.. scary.
I think the project is done as far as I'm taking it and what I'm doing with it. The rest is alignment and windshield. Yesterday I buttoned the diaper up before calling it a day. I knew I had the bolts for it somewhere...
Now I get to clean..

Before loosening the arms...
Drivers
Pass
After loosening up the arms and bouncing around on the rear bumper for a minute to settle it...
Drivers
Pass
Before whole car
After whole car
Subtle, but, it makes a difference. She's ready for her alignment! It's hard to believe some rubber bushings could keep the weight of the entire back of that car up but it do.
Evidently, this wasn't enough weight on the suspension to really compress it to where the bushings wouldn't bind up. For any of you who are going to do this job in the future, don't tighten the arms until the full weight of the car is on the wheels. Front and rear. I think it makes a difference. Fortunately, the Outback has enough ground clearance to get under it without having to put it on blocks. When I did the LGT, I remember now, I had to set the car on blocks and get under it that way. 12" of wooden blocks actually. It was.. scary.
I think the project is done as far as I'm taking it and what I'm doing with it. The rest is alignment and windshield. Yesterday I buttoned the diaper up before calling it a day. I knew I had the bolts for it somewhere...
Now I get to clean..