John:
Thank's for the response. The measurement agrees with what we measured
on the BN7 yesterday (about 19 3/8 I think. It's adjusted all the way
and still very toed out. The engine and tran. went in yesterday. It
still looked toed out on the ground afterward.
Sam
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Snyder" <helyjohn@cablespeed.com>
To: "Sam Marble" <samncyna@comcast.net>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: Front end allignment question
> I have a very early BN7 MK2 in my shop. The length of the threaded
tube is
> 19 1/2". The center to center dimension of the ball ends is 23
1/4". There
> is plenty of adjustment left. The chassis has no body on it yet, so
it
> looks a little toed out. This will self-correct some when the
weight of the
> body is added. At that point, I will do a final adjustment. Hope
this
> helps.
>
> John Snyder
>
>
> > Listers:
> > I've been helping a fellow clubmember with the restoration of his
MK1 BN7
> > and have come accross a problem in trying to adjust for the proper
toe in
> > for the front end. We've run out of adjustment and the wheels
> are still significantly toed out. I've been following earlier posts
on
> similar problems but after close checking, the assembly on this car
looks
> exactly the same as my BN4.
> > We did notice one difference yesterday when we decided to measure
the
> > lenghth of the crossrods on the two cars. The crossrod on the BN7
is
> > almost an inch greater in length than the BN4 I noticed that there
is a
> > changover point in the BN7/BT7 production to a different style
crossrod.
> > We have no information on the history of this car and it is being
> > assembled from more than one car. Does anyone have information on
the
> > comparable lengths of the two
> > styles and how this could effect the allignment ?
> >
> > Sam
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