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1974 Midget Alignment

To: mgs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: 1974 Midget Alignment
From: Philip Hubbard <phubbard@carroll.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 00:21:02 -0400
Cc: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
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Reply-to: Philip Hubbard <phubbard@carroll.com>
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At 10:47 PM 8/29/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Ok Spridgeteers, 
>
>Now you all read this too. Philip, the man with more questions and
>problems then I have miles on my Sprite, is now replying to other
>listers problems. And positively!
>
>I think Philip deserves an "A" in his crash course in Spridget repair.
>
>This makes me very happy.
>
>Frank
>Toms River, NJ - HOME OF THE LIITLE LEAGUE WORLD CHAMPS!


Ok, I'm blushing.  So I get lucky with an answer to someone's question -
doesn't mean I don't have a million other questions of my own.  

For instance :)

Tomorrow I'm going to start looking at my front end alignment.  As those
following my saga know, my car pulls to the left.  I took a preliminary
look at the front end today.  Seems when the steering wheel is positioned
to align the passenger's side wheel dead straight ahead, the driver's side
wheel veers out to the left.  No wonder it pulls that way.  Maybe a diagram
of the four wheels will illustrate the relative positions of the wheels
though the driver's side wheel is not as far off as shown below.

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If I remember Haynes on the issue of setting toe-in, one normally adjust
both front wheels the same amount at the same time.  However, given the
look as shown above, could I not just set the toe-in on the driver's side
to get it back in line?  Obviously my biggest concern is whether I am
contemplating an unsafe move.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Philip
1974 Damask Midget - Arioch, Lord of Chaos

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