Hi:
During front end rebuild and just for that reason - camber adjustment - I
installed an offset poly bushing at the top trunion. Might take a while to
set but plenty of adjustment in my case and works fine.
DM / Cashmere, WA
Bj8
----- Original Message -----
From: Greg Lemon<mailto:glemon@neb.rr.com>
To: healeys@autox.team.net<mailto:healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 12:34 PM
Subject: Camber
After scratching my head and guessing that the outside wear on my front
tires
was due to incorrect toe-in I recently bought new tires and rather than
wear
these out wanted to fix the problem.
It turns out, based upon my level, that I have some pretty significant
positive camber on the fronts, i.e. the top of the fronts stick out maybe
an
inch to 1.5" more than the bottoms.
Is this a common problem with older Healeys? the front suspension is
recently
rebuilt, nothing seems bent and there is no sign of accident damage.
My first thought was to fix with offset bushes, I asked Dennis Welch about
how
many degrees they could correct for with their offset bushes and just got a
nebulous answer. By eyeballing I don't think there would be enough
adjustment
in their bushings to fix my problem.
Any thought on a fix short of re-engineering the front suspension?
Greg Lemon
54 BN1
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