I Greg,
I think you should look at correcting the underlying problem rather than
treating symptoms.
1.5 inches of positive camber is an awful lot!!
The first thing to do is measure the distance between the inside edges of
the shock mounting plates. I don't recall exactly what that measurement
should be on a BN1 but I'm certain someone on the list could help with that.
If that dimension is correct and there is no obvious damage around the lower
arm inner mounts on the frame I would suspect that you have the wrong front
shocks on the car.
Armstrong lever arm shocks were fitted to all sorts of British cars and the
length of the arms and the height of the pivot shaft center from the base
varied considerably. If these are incorrect dramatic changes in camber can
result.
Michael Salter
www.precisionsportscar.com
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Greg Lemon
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 3:35 PM
To: healeys@autox.team.net
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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