Anyone know what the angle of the arms should be relative to the rack? From
frontal pictures of original cars with the hood up it looks to be pretty
straight when at rest. When I lowered the Bugeye it kind of messed up the bump
steer, not bad but noticeable. I'm going back to stock springs anyway because
of ride height but I was just wondering.
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From: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net on behalf of Brian Evans
Sent: 29 October, 1997 5:16 AM
To: Larry G. Miller
Cc: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: Bump Steer
Bump steer is adjusted by changing the relationship between the steering
rack and the steering arms. On the Midget, you could do that by shimming
the rack up or down, or by bending the steering arms up or down.
If you bend the arms, gently heat them to a dull red before bending, and
after you gethem where you want them, again gently heat them to a dull red
and then immerse in a large container of dry sand or vermiculite to allow
very slow cooling. Or, send them out to be normalized at a heat treating
shop if you're nervous.
I wouldn't bother for any car other than a serious racecar, with actual race
tires. I didn't bother on my race Midget, since I usually don't run very
sticky tires.
Brian
At 09:13 PM 28/10/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi All
>
>Any ideas for setting bump steer on a Spridget.
>
>Larry Miller
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