[Healeys] Driving 100

[Bob Spidell]

We replaced the shock mounts with adjustable ones and set caster to 
1.24deg and camber to 1deg pos. per the shop manual.  We THINK we have 
proper toe-in--about an eighth of an inch--but haven't had a shop check it.

Bob

On 6/15/2015 12:11 AM, Derek Job wrote:
> Bob
>
> What do you mean by 'nominal' castor, camber and toe in? Toe in should 
> be 1/8th of an inch. The other two are fixed at manufacture and i 
> can't remember exactly what they are but I think they are mentioned in 
> the shop manual. If they are not correct, toe in and castor will have 
> a big effect on how the car feels.
>
> Derek
>
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 3:42 AM, <glemon at neb.rr.com 
> <mailto:glemon at neb.rr.com>> wrote:
>
>     Bob, I think something is out of spec.  My 100, on 165/80
>     modern"ish" radials was very stable, would not describe the
>     handling as squirrelly at all, a very relaxed and smooth riding
>     car compared to most of the other mgs and Triumphs and such I have
>     owned.
>
>     The one time I do remember it being squirrel was when the toe in
>     was off after I set it by eyeball to drive it home after I had
>     done, coincidentally, a steering box referb and tie and cross rod
>     replacement in my mother's nearby garage and wanted to get it home
>     for more precise adjustment.  The curves of the front fenders make
>     the eyeball method even more inaccurate than you would figure it
>     to be, but anyway it was squirrelly with the toe in off.
>
>     Greg Lemon
>
>
>     ---- Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net
>     <mailto:bspidell at comcast.net>> wrote:
>     > Listers,
>     >
>     > Finally had a chance to put some miles on our BN2/100M resto.  Car
>     > tracks straight and turns well but feels somewhat 'squirrelly' or
>     > 'twitchy' to me.  I'm used to driving a BJ8 with oversize (6")
>     wheels
>     > and 185/70 tires which feels like a land barge compared to the
>     100.  I
>     > would expect a 100 to be a lot more nimble than a BJ8, but you
>     have to
>     > really stay on top of the car to stay out of the weeds.  We set
>     up the
>     > suspension ourselves, with nominal caster, camber and toe, but
>     our tools
>     > were somewhat crude and we may have screwed something up
>     (particularly
>     > the caster).
>     >
>     > Anyone driven both cars a lot, can tell me if something might be
>     wrong,
>     > or do I just have to stay on top of this car at all times (I know,
>     > you're supposed to stay on top of ALL cars, but this one feels
>     like it
>     > has no margin for sloppiness or inattentiveness at all)?
>     >
>     > TIA,
>     > Bob
>
>

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