I'm finishing up replacing rear bushings with new urethanes and upgraded
springs from TRF. What's the easiest/best way to measure camber? Can I rig
something up using a spirit level and a protractor?
Walt Philipson
74 tr6
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Bob
> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 11:45 AM
> To: conrade2
> Cc: Team Net List
> Subject: Re: '76 TR6 Trailing Arm brackets
>
>
> Eric,
>
> I experienced the same extreme negative camber (2-3') at my rear tires
> following a complete front and rear suspension rebuild that included new
> trailing arm bushings and (stock spec.) springs. I tried taller rear
> springs and aluminum spacers to reduce the degree of negative camber, but
> neither made any noticeable difference, so I reversed the trailing arm
> brackets on each wheel to have the three notch bracket (up)
> outside and the
> one notch bracket (up) inside.
>
> This brought the rear camber back into spec according to the Bently
> manual I have ( 1' negative,+ or - 1/2' with 2 in the car ) which reduced
> "bottoming out" and improved the handling during spirited
> driving. Part of
> this improvement could also have come from the rear shock conversion kit
> (from BPNW) that I installed at the same time.
>
> Perhaps some of the "listers" who are set up for high performance would
> have different advice, but this worked for me using a basically stock
> suspension with 205 - 70 x 15 Pirelli P4000 tires on stock rims.
>
> Bob Thomas
> '75 TR6 CF 29889U
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: conrade2 <conrade2@msn.com>
> To: 6pack@Autox. Team. Net <6pack@autox.team.net>; Triumphs
> <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 10:47 AM
> Subject: '76 TR6 Trailing Arm brackets
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