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Re: Alignment specifications for '78 triumph spitfire

To: Huw Upshall <hupshall@wolfenet.com>
Subject: Re: Alignment specifications for '78 triumph spitfire
From: Dave Chu <dave@ece.concordia.ca>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 18:21:25 -0400


In message <Pine.OSF.3.95.990629144956.35B-100000@gonzo.wolfenet.com>you write:
>
>Where can I find the wheel alignment specifications for a '78 spitfire?
>My alignment shop want the numbers.  Since I am not at home, I can't check
>my books but is this information in the haynes manual?  The bentley
>manual?  on a web page somewhere???  Thanks!!

  It is listed in the Bentley manual.  Here are the numbers

Wheel Alignment

  Front         0 to 1/16" (0 to 1.59mm) laden
                1/16 to 1/8" (1.59 to 3.18mm) kern

  Rear          0 to 1/16" (0 to 1.59mm) laden
                1/32 to 3/32" (0.79 to 2.38mm) kern

 
Front camber//Castor//K.P.I (degree)     

     2 +ve +/- .5  // 4.5 +/- .5   // 6.75 +/- .75     laden
     3 +ve +/- 1   // 4 +/- 1      // 5.75 +/- 1       kerb


Rear Camber (degree)

    3.75 -ve +/- 1 laden; 1 -ve +/- 1 kerb
Dave                                                  |\ |     | |      
Dave Chu                                 \/  \/       | /|     | |  
Dept. of Elec. & Comp. Eng.                           |/ |     | |      
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