Dick, great advice. Thanks also to Nelson Riedel and Bob Lang for their
responses. I just got back in town and will pull the wheels to see what
is going on this weekend. I'll keep you all posted.
Jim Henningsen
Kissimmee, FL
75 TR6
80 TR7 & 8
Sally or Dick Taylor wrote:
>Jim---It still sounds like the wheels may be tilting when the car
>direction is in reverse. (A peculiarity of the castor angle, I think)
>You can check this by noting the camber angle of the front wheels after
>driving forward, then stopping. Presumably the wheels will be near
>'straight up'. Next, drive the car backwards about 20 feet or so. Stop,
>to check the camber angle again. If it is now in a negative camber, the
>brake pads have been knocked back, as noted by Nelson. The easiest way
>of reducing this brake pedal drop is to keep the front wheel bearings
>snug. Most TR wheels I've come across were very easy to shake, top to
>bottom, as a result of loose bearings. (If you slalom your car, you may
>notice how many times the tech inspectors harp on the owners about such
>things.)
>
>On the play in your rack & pinion mounts, it sounds as if the mounts
>weren't in a slack-free position before the U-bolts were secured. Bob
>Lang has a good method for setting these. Perhaps he'll repeat it here.
>
>Dick
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