Hi Joe,
Guess I should've elaborated on that...
There are UJs at the diff....I'll have to look at the
other end again...don't recall if they're on both ends
or not?
This car retained everything except both ends of the
axle as far as I can tell.
What I'm planning on doing is using the sliding axles
with our MK1...I would think I'd still need the camber
compensator. Though I just thought of
something...maybe with too much negative camber they
could "slide apart"? I'm not sure what would keep the
wheels from having too much negative camber if they're
allowed to slide side to side?
Cheers,
Todd Bermudez#597
Cincinnati, OH
'68 GT6 MK1
--- Joe Curry <spitlist@cox.net> wrote:
> I am thinking that with the sliding axles, the
> length is immaterial since
> the relative length is determined by the flexing of
> the spring on the
> particular side. This is if the wishbone assemblies
> from the rotoflex are
> retained. That lower control element limits the
> radical negative camber
> that the later long axle Spitfire and GT6 cars show
> after they lengthened
> the axles in conjunction with the swing-spring
> assembly.
>
> Also, I see no need for the camber compensator if
> you have retained the
> wishbones.
>
> I do have a question, however. I am wondering what
> is used in conjunction
> with the sliding axles to allow the wheel to assume
> the proper camber as
> each side goes up and down with the flexing of the
> road spring. I used a
> Porsche CV-Joint to replace the rotoflex, but some
> sort of joint (even a
> U-Joint) is necessary to allow the wheel to assume
> the proper camber without
> binding.
>
> Cheers,
> Joe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: spitfires-bounces@autox.team.net
> [mailto:spitfires-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf
> Of Todd Bermudez
> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 09:29
> To: NASS Spitfire; Spitfire List
> Subject: [Spits] Rotoflex vs Early axle length
>
> Hi All,
>
> Just did what I said I wouldn't & bought another
> car...a '72 GT6 with some interesting things in it.
> It has an A-Type TR6 transmission in it(I'll be
> keeping that) but it also has a set of sliding axles
> that the PO had made years ago. Apparently, he was
> tearing up his rotoflex donuts so he had these
> custom
> machined. I plan on using them if at all possible.
> My question is since I have a MK1 GT6 with fixed
> axles, should I be concerned with the length of the
> sliding axles? I mean would the over all length of
> the rotoflex axles be the same as the fixed
> (early/late) axles? I was planning on using these
> sliding axles WITH the camber compensator...anyone
> see
> any issues?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Todd Bermudez #597
> Cincinnati, OH
> '68 GT6 MK1 RHD
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