Too cruel!
Bill
On 1/4/05 6:34 AM, "Tracy Drummond" <bighealey@charter.net> wrote:
> Bill,
>
> Some of us know the answer already. :-)
>
> Happy holidays!!
>
> Tracy
>
> WILLIAM B LAWRENCE wrote:
>>
>> Alternatively it is easy during assembly to install the steering levers at
>> the wheels (MOSS part #s 031-278 and 031-388) backward. If you do that
>> things really go wacky.
>>
>> No questions will be entertained as to how I acquired this knowledge.
>>
>> As to the pitman arms Ken is right, the arms come forward from the housings
>> and (in football parlance) banana out. However, when the tie rod is
>> installed they appear parallel.
>>
>> Have fun.
>>
>> Bill Lawrence
>>
>>
>>
>> On 1/3/05 7:45 PM, "KENNETH MASON" <meditionm@msn.com>
>> <mailto:meditionm@msn.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Heard
>>> I wonder if your pitman arms might be backwards? The arms on the steering
>>> box
>>> and the idler are supposed to dogleg toward the outside of the car. If they
>>> angle toward the center that might explain the adjustment problem.
>>> Ken Mason
>>> BJ7 in work
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Heard<mailto:heard@datatrontech.net>
>>> To: Healey List<mailto:healeys@Autox.Team.Net>
>>> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 1:37 PM
>>> Subject: Toe in question
>>>
>>>
>>> Happy New Year Everyone!
>>>
>>>
>>> I am trying to determine if I have something amiss with my front
>>> suspension.
>>> As some of you may know, my BT7 came 'pre-disassembled' (oh joy!) and I
>>> have
>>> been working on and off trying to get it back on its wheels. I thought I
>>> was done after chassis painting, new wiring, etc., etc. and was just about
>>> to set it back down when I noticed the toe-in was WAY off. With the car on
>>> jack stands, and the crossrod adjusted as short as possible, it appears
>>> that
>>> a quick measurement shows that I need about another INCH of toe-in.
>>>
>>> I have spent the better part of the last two weekends and consumed
>>> considerable amounts of beer to make me think clearer, but I just can't see
>>> that there is anything in the front suspension that is assembled wrong. I
>>> have compared it with the Moss pics and the service manuals. And NO, the
>>> frame is not bent.nor the shock towers. Even more perplexing is that if I
>>> set the adjustment rod the way it was when it came off the car (when it was
>>> running back in 1987), I would need about 2-3 inches more toe-in.
>>>
>>> So my question is..Is it possible that putting the car down and loading it
>>> with the engine will make this much difference? Or will it make any
>>> difference. I know the manual says to have the car 'laden'.
>>>
>>> If I have something wrong, I would like to correct it now. All ideas and
>>> pics accepted. Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>> Heard Saxon
>>> Enterprise, FL
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