And everyone gave me guff when I stated this a week
or two ago. Geometry is geometry, like (or understand it)
or not :-)
Paul Tegler
ptegler@cablespeed.com
www.teglerizer.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry Schwartz" <bschwart@pacbell.net>
To: "Luke Lewis" <superluke@execulink.com>
Cc: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: Spitfire Swing Spring
> Because when the angle of the upright changes, and you don't change the
> length of the pivot points between the spring eye and the hub on the
> upright, the axle is at a slightly different position in relation to the
> road. In effect the axle, when lengthened (which pushes the hub out an
> inch), shortens the distance between the spring eye (fixed) and the axle
> (in the vertical plane). This means the car sits slightly lower (given
the
> same spring loading), and if the car is lower the wheels camber inwards
more -
> ********************************************
> >How could the length of the axle change the camber, when the hub is
pressed
> >on to the end? The upright may sit at a different angle, but the angle
of
> >the roadwheel is always 90 degrees off of the angle the axle comes out of
> >the differential (Which, ideally, would be 0). This is also why I think
the
> >real main reason our cars lean left after a "pilot-only" drive is because
> >the tire can't "Scrub" back in and relax the spring because the bottom of
> >the tire would have to drag along the road about 1/2" to restore the car
to
> >its real resting height. I tried this on my alignment rack at work and
the
> >car doesn't lean left when I park it on the turntables.
> Barry Schwartz (San Diego)
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