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Check the upper trunnions on the kingpins. The horizontal pivot goes
on the wheel side of the kingpin, not the spring side. Maybe some
ASCII art will help:
WRONG:
shock arm
\/
----------o| <---upper trunnion
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===| <--hub and wheel
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==========OH
/\
Lower arm
RIGHT:
shock arm
\/
-----------|o <---upper trunnion
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===| <--hub and wheel
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|
==========OH
/\
Lower arm
BTDT: And thanks to Eric Jones in Delaware, Ohio for not laughing at
me when I called him wondering what to do.
Chris K.
> For the first time in over 22 years my Bugeye is standing on its own
4 tires
> ! I'm not really that slow - bought it 2 years ago as restoration 3
POs had
> given up on. HOWEVER, the front wheels are turned in quite a bit -
looks
> pigeon toed & knocked-kneed. The entire front suspension & brakes
came from a
> Sprite Mk2. The tie ball joints were replaced, but I did match their
location
> on the rods to the old joints, I don't think this is causing the
problem.
>
> There is no weight in the front - bonnet, engine, gearbox, etc. are
all out.
> Someone told that the turn-in would fix itself once weight is added
to the
> front wheels -pushing them down & outward. Is this correct? How much
turn-in
> is okay at this point? Anything particular I should check now? Any
> suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim Rogers
> San Juan Capistrano
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