Steve,
It looks like on the front you don't have enough camber and castor.
Also you have to much toe in.
The specs book I have gives Castor+ 2.75deg.
Camber+.25deg.
Toe1/16th in
For the rear Camber+0.5deg. and toe 0.
What you need to do on the front, LF- take two shims out of the
front lower control arm. This will give you more camber and castor.
On the RF try three shims on the front lower control arm.
(By taking one shim out it might change the angle at .25 deg. This needs to
be done on the alignment machine so you can see how much it
changes.)It looks like that the technician didn't try to do this.
Because the toe in is to much and it looks like he compensated
for the camber angle. Did you see him take any shims out?
The readings on the toe you gave me is close to 1/4 of an inch.
That is to much.
As for the rear. Do you have new springs? Have you tried
spacers for the rear springs? What I did to my TR-250 was change
the mounts. I can't remember which one but I turned one of them
over where the notch was down. I'll take a look and let you know.
I got mine close to 0deg camber on the rear and 1/16 toe in.
Let me know how this does. Are you going to be in NC sometime.
I'll do the alignment for you.
Kevin Andrews
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From: Steve Sutton[SMTP:ssutton@ridgecrest.ca.us]
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 1997 1:46 AM
To: kevina@wolverine.emji.net
Subject: tr-6 alignment
Hello Kevin,
Thanks for the info. Ride height is very close. Here are the specs
obtained from the alignment,since your in the business. The alignment shop
just started using a new computerized alignment machine...runs Windows95 on a
Pentium, with 4 separate sensors that attach to the wheels. Looked pretty
slick ,and expensive.
Left Front Right Front
Camber -0.2deg -0.5deg Cross Camber
0.3deg
Caster 1.2deg 0.6deg Cross
Caster 0.6deg
Toe 0.20deg 0.21deg Total Toe
0.41deg
Ride Hght 15.9" 15.8" Set
Back -0.44deg
Lateral Offset -0.10deg -0.41deg Track Width diff
-0.51deg
Left Rear Right Rear
Camber -0.9deg -1.4deg Cross Camber
0.5deg
Toe 0.05deg 0.06deg Total Toe
0.11deg
Ride Hght 15.5" 15.7" Thrust
Angle -0.01deg
Axle Offset -0.16deg
There are several shims installed on the lower control arm mountings. It looks
like 2 shims on the left and 3 shims on the right side. I take it to mean that
removing only the front, lower shim will increase camber and caster (i.e. go
positive?)? What's the effect of incorrect caster?
I'm a little concerned about the rear wheel camber and the effect on *possible*
wear on the tire edge. You think that the camber is ok?
Thanks for the help.
Steve Sutton
74 1/2 TR-6 - daily driver!
ssutton@ridgecrest.ca.us
35* 35' 39" N 117* 39' 44" W
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