>Message text written by "Biedermann, Frank (SSABSA)"
>>I have an intriguing question (well I find it intriguing anyway). After I
>rebuilt the front suspension on my TR6 last year (I replaced the bushes,
>ball joints, tie rod ends, trunnions, spring seats/insulators - which were
>non-existant, shock absorbers, and the RH vertical link) and put everything
>else back as I found it (there's not a lot left), the camber on the RH
>wheel
>went from negative to positive. Before you ask, yes, I replaced all the
>fasteners, put the A-Arms on the correct way on both sides, and I put the
>alignment shims back as they were too. The front LH wheel still has a
>negative camber, but the front RH wheel has +1 degree camber. Can anyone
>suggest a reason for this happening?
To expand on Dave Massey's comment, I would never expect alignment
specs to stay the same after replacing all that stuff, especially
with respect to the bushings. Simply replacing alignment shims
according to how they were before doesn't really accomplish anything.
Unless you think there's reason to suspect a bent vertical link, I'd
just take it down to the alignment shop (take a handful of spare
alignment shims along for them to use) and they'll probably be able
to restore it to spec.
However, I have one important question. Did you by any chance remove
the upper wishbone fulcrum pins from the chassis while you did your
rebuild? The orientation of these is critical, and it would be easy
to accidentally install one flipped around, and this would affect the
camber to a large extent. If you did remove the fulcrum pins, check
to make sure that they're installed so that the curved casting curves
AWAY from the engine.
--
Pete Chadwell
1973 TR6
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