[Healeys] Simple camber adjustment fix?

[Michael Oritt]

Steve--

As I recall I was your navigator on that run.  Maybe I should have had my
eyes on the road rather than the written materials....

Best--Michael Oritt

On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 9:40 AM BJ8Healeys <sbyers at ec.rr.com> wrote:

> While running a rallye in my BJ8 in 2002, I had the misfortune of hitting
> an unexpected pothole which caused the left front shock to tear away from
> its mount on three sides.  The mount had already been weakened by too many
> years (pre-Allen Hendrix) of driving with out-of-balance tires that cracked
> the mount in multiple places under the shock.  Those cracks had been
> repaired by welding up the cracks.
>
> The damage from the pothole was repaired -- not a really pretty repair,
> since the shock now has those U-shaped shims under the outboard bolt
> holes.  However, the alignment is spot-on (judging from the handling and no
> excessive wear on the tires), and nothing has happened to the shock ears in
> almost 70,000 miles since then.
>
> Steve Byers
> HBJ8L/36666
> BJ8 Registry
> AHCA Delegate at Large
> Havelock, NC
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Bob
> Spidell
> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2019 12:54 AM
> To: Healeys
> Subject: [Healeys] Simple camber adjustment fix?
>
> My BJ8 has had what I feel is excessive pos. camber--2-3deg--since new
> (AFAIK), even with offset trunnion bushings 'maxed out.'  Now that I can
> TIG weld with a bit of competence, I've considered adjustable shock
> plates but, while browsing the shelves at Harbor Freight the other day I
> noticed a box of alignment shims.  These are roughly U-shaped and come
> in assorted thicknesses (yeah, I know, they've been around forever).
> Anyway, I got to thinking if I put shims under the outer ears on the
> front shocks that would tilt the shocks back and remove some or all of
> the pos. camber.  My concern is, would this put undue stress on the
> ears--where the bolts go--on the shocks, possibly causing them to break
> and mayhem to ensue?  Anybody done this?
>
>
> https://www.harborfreight.com/catalogsearch/result/index/?dir=asc&order=EAScore%2Cf%2CEAFeatured+Weight%2Cf%2CSale+Rank%2Cf&q=alignment+shims
>
> Bob
>
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