Hi everyone,
Here is an update on my suspension. First, thanks to Dick, Richard, Steve and
Mark for all the helpful information. I went out tonight and measured the
camber and toe. Drivers side camber is 1.3 degrees and the pass side is (.67)
degrees. I measured toe by dropping a plumb line from the center line of the
front and rear of each back tire. I made a mark on the garage floor at each
point. I backed the car out and measured the distance between the two front
marks and the two rear marks. The distance between the front marks is 49 3/8
in. and the distance between the rear marks is 49 7/8 in. Is this the same 1/2
in. that the drivers side is sticking out? There are shims behind the inside
trailing arm bracket on the drivers side. If I remove those do you think it
will "fix" the toe and thus bring the driver side wheel back in to the center
of the car?
Thanks again!!
Marty Romagni
----- Original Message -----
From: The Romagni's
To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 8:21 PM
Subject: Rear Suspension
Hi fellow listers,
I've just completed rebuilding the rear suspension of my TR6. I pulled,
rebuilt and re-installed the differential along with new rubber diff bushings.
I also put in the uprated springs, rubber spring packing, hard rubber trailing
arm bushings, new bump stops and link mounting rubbers from TRF (shocks and
u-joints - ok < 6K miles). After I was lowered it to the ground, I noticed a
couple of things: 1) the drivers side tire sticks out farther than the
passengers in relation to the body and 2) the gap between the top of the tire
and the bottom of the fender "seems bigger" although I have no starting
measurements to back that up.
My questions are about the first problem. To confirm what my eyes were
telling me, I measured the distance between the diff flange and the brake
backing plate and found the drivers side does stick out farther than the
passengers side by about 9/16 in. I double-checked that everything is tight
also! What could cause such a noticeable difference? Should I worry about
this? How can I correct it?
Thanks in advance,
Marty Romagni
1974 TR6
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