Sounds like you were checking camber, not caster. I don't know what radiator
tube brace you're talking about, there is a tower brace that fits between
the shock towers, and NO you don't want to have the shock towers bent
inwards.
There could be a lot of things wrong that are causing problems, camber is
not at the top of that list, though you should have it checked--more
accurately than with a square. On TR2/3s the camber is not adjustable, and
shouldn't need any adjustment unless you're racing the car or something is
bent. In the unlikely event that you need camber adjusted you can have the
uprights bent (the link between the lower suspension (the trunnion) and the
upper suspension (ball joint) that carries the stub axle.
The brake drum can't have anything to do with camber unless your stub axle
is bent. Too many variables to tell without looking at the car. I'd say you
need to find a local expert to give you a hand.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net] On Behalf
Of epaul21988@aol.com
Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 11:24 PM
To: fot@autox.team.net
Subject: [FOT] Tr2 resto question
I am finishing up my restoration of my 55 tr2. i just started test
driving the car and i seemed very unstable, meaning it would take a lot of
steering adjustments to keep it going strait, at 30 mph and up.
so i got some help and set the toe on the car this seemed to help quite a
bit but still seemed off. So at this same time i took a square and placed it
on the ground and up against the tire to check the caster. on the
passengers side the bottom of the tire was about 1 inch from the bottom of
the square while the drivers side as the same problem but the gap is only
1/4 or less of and inch. i started looking around and found that the brake
drum and backing plate don't meet squarely on the passengers side the top
leaned out an 1/8" or more. I don't know it has any thing to do with the
caster but it seems to me that it would. it was suggest to me to take it to
a frame shop and have the towers bent inward. but then the radiator tube
brace, which fits now, wouldn't fit after that will it? not sure what to do
any suggestions?
Thanks
Travis
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