[TR] rear end aligment

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Sujit,

I wrote a little article about adjusting the trailing arm rear suspension on
my TR4a, which has essentially the same trailing arm dimensions as the TR6
and Stag.

The link is:

http://home.comcast.net/~rhodes/PDF/TR4a-TR6_Rear_Suspension_Alignment-small.pdf

Page 4 starts the toe-in section.

But my CALCULATED change caused by adding/subtracting one shim did not seem
to agree with my MEASURED result.  The measurement changed by around half of
what I had calculated it might be....  Not sure why.  Maybe because there
was rust on the shims and I disturbed the rust making them act a little
thicker or thinner than when first measured?  I did not experiment with
various shim combinations to see if I could get a reproducible formula for
shims vs toe settings.  Maybe someone else would be interested in doing
this.

-Tony

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Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 10:45:35 -0700
From: Sujit Roy <triumphstag at gmail.com>
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Subject: [TR] rear end aligment
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I think this applies to the TR6, but I have a Stag.

I'll have to get the rear end toe-in, toe-out adjustment made.

Does anyone who much movement each shim in the rear end trailing arm makes?


I'm rebuild a rear end of a Stag from my parts bin. I'll have to get the
alignment done later. Once I get the number from the shop, I can add shims
appropriately.


Sujit