[Fot] TR-4 vertical link and trunnion

Dennis Delap yellow-green at sbcglobal.net
Sun Aug 19 23:50:57 MDT 2012


Yes - 3 degrees of castor was added to the TR4 with right and left specific
trunnions and the asymmetrical upper control arms.
The vertical link and trunnion have no effect on camber.

On Aug 20, 2012, at 12:10 AM, "Jim Gray" <toodamnfunky at comcast.net> wrote:

> I thought the later trunnion added castor.
> jim g
>
> -----Original Message-----
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>
>> The 2,3, and 4 shared the same
>> verticals, which were not sided. As of the 4A they became
>> sided, R/H and L/H,
>> and added 3 degrees camber.
>
> I agree, except that the camber was added before the other changes.  All
but
> very early TR4 used the same VL as the earlier TRs, but had a different
> trunnion and other changes (steering levers, upper A-arms, upper ball
joint,
> etc) to add the 3 degrees of camber.
>
> -- Randall
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