- 1. Suspension Question--Solved (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 21:43:12 EDT
- Thanks to everyone who responded. You answered of lot of questions I had over the suspension. The bottom line for the front castor, when I reassembled the front, I reversed the upper wishbone arms. T
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- 2. Re: Suspension Question--Solved (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 22:23:13 EDT
- And...once and for all, let's get the spelling solved! CASTER-as defined by Webster...the angle that a car's kingpin makes with the vertical. Apply Triumph suspension part descriptions as needed! CAS
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- 3. Re: Suspension Question--Solved (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 23:15:28 -0400
- Yeah, well Webster doesn't know. In his book "The Sports Car, Its Design and Performance", Colin Campbell M.Sc., C.Eng., M.I.Mech.E. (a lot of letters!), published by Robert bentley, 1978, spells it
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- 4. Re: Suspension Question--Solved (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 21:22:30 -0700
- While I still can't find my OED, Haynes seems to pretty consistently spell the angle as 'castor'. I suspect that's the British spelling ... And according to my Britannica, 'Castor' is the name of th
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- 5. Re: Suspension Question--Solved (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 21:37:38 -0700
- I will point out that Webster also defines Castor as "a wheel or set of wheels mounted on a swivel frame and used for supporting furniture, trucks and portable machines". Since the name of these thin
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- 6. Re: Suspension Question--Solved (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 09:53:24 EDT
- Guess it depends on which Webster one uses. According to <http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?castor> ( or you can spell it cast_e_r; it will give you the same main entry), either is correct. --And
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- 7. RE: Suspension Question--Solved (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 13:17:32 -0400
- A Canadian perspective: a caster is a guy who pours metal in moulds (been one) a castor is French for Beaver (big rat with two front teeth, likes trees for lunch etc..) Guess it depends on which Webs
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- 8. Re: Suspension Question--Solved (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 20:44:18 -0400
- Message text written by INTERNET:LaJoMor@aol.com CASTER-as defined by Webster...the angle that a car's kingpin makes with the vertical. Apply Triumph suspension part descriptions as needed! CASTOR-a
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- 9. Re: Suspension Question--Solved (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 20:44:09 -0400
- Message text written by "Jim Muller" and Performance", Colin Campbell M.Sc., C.Eng., M.I.Mech.E. (a lot of letters!), published by Robert bentley, 1978, spells it CASTOR. :-) < Webster also lists CAS
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