Michael,
I'm pretty sure that the normal camber for the front of a TR3
is 0 degrees. I would think that a little negative camber (top
of tire slanted in towards the center line of the car) would be
a good thing. You might check the condition of the inner bushings
on top A-arms though. Stock bushings are rubber and on my car
they were smashed into oblivion. Of course if you can't get any
movement out of the top of the tire with the front of the car
off the ground then they're probably ok.
Drew
On Jun 16, 11:19am, Michael Ferguson wrote:
> Subject: TR3 Camber
>
> When I bought this car ('59 TR3A), I knew the front end was going to
> need some work. So far, tie rod ends and silentbloc bushes. However, the
> camber "looked" normal, i.e. the tops of the tires appeared to slant
> outward a bit. After the tie rod job, this is no longer the case. Now it
> looks as though the tops of both wheels are tilted in toward the middle.
> Not good. Jacking up the car and pulling on the tops of the tires
> results on NO movement or slop - otherwise, I wouldn't have passed
> inspection 8^). Any thoughts as to what causes this or whether a tie rod
> job would have had this effect? Thanks.
>
> --
> Michael Ferguson
> Vernon CT
> 1959 TR3A TS53990L
>
>
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