I don't know about the GT6, but on the TR6, the top wishbone hanger
(pinion), can be reversed to allow more or less camber. Would this be
possible?
Robert Carley
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SSwan60@aol.com wrote:
> I realize it sometimes takes more than one message to get a response so
> I'll try it one more time.
>
> Something must be wrong with my front suspension. I can’t get the
> proper camber on my front wheels (to much positive camber). I took my
> car to an alignment shop after I rebuilt the suspension and installed
> new shocks. The alignment shop told me that would need a bunch more
> shims to get the proper camber. Even with all the shims I made up they
> couldn’t get the lower wishbone out far enough because they ran out of
> bolt. On the rear of the left wishbone I’ve got about 5/8” of shims.
>
> What am I missing here? Seems like there really isn’t that much to goof
> up on. Does it have to do with the shocks I installed? I can’t
> remember the make but I bought them from The Roadster Factory back in
> 1985 (car sat idle for 12 years before I got it going again). The
> installed height from the bottom of the bottom cup to the top of the top
> cup is 9 inches. Is this the dimension that my manual lists as the
> “fitted length (test load)” equaling ~8.06”? Would that make a
> difference? GT6 owners, help me out by measuring this distance on your
> springs. Maybe my shocks are to long.
>
> The shock is the only thing I can think of because there doesn’t seem to
> be any other room for error. I did install a swing spring in the rear,
> possibly lowering the rear a tiny bit but I can’t see that effecting the
> front this much.
>
> I also remember taking out (and I still have it) a 1/2” spacer from on
> top of one of the springs. Was this to compensate for the weight of the
> driver?
>
> Thanks
> Scott Swanberg, St. Paul, MN
> ‘67 GT6 Mk1
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