Each lower control arm has a pair of mounting 'ears'. Does Elton refer
to one of two ears of a rear pair as being out of line with the other.
Also I used rubber not poly bushings in the front end rebuild of my own
car for the reasons you sited. However I did use poly off set bushings in the
top king pin trunions. That has worked well to adjust camber and there are no
squeeks so far.
Dick Matson / Cashmere, WA
Bj8
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Spidell<mailto:bspidell@comcast.net>
To: Elton Schulz<mailto:eschulz@frontiernet.net>
Cc: Healey List<mailto:healeys@autox.team.net> ; Tracy
Drummond<mailto:bighealey@charter.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: Negative Camber on a BJ7
Not sure if I'm reading/interpreting this correctly, but the lower rear
control arm bracket is
not supposed to line up with anything. The rear bracket should be
farther to the outside
than the front bracket--this "pinch" is what creates what little caster
angle there is in the
front end (it's also why hard urethane bushings don't work too well--the
bind they're
put in makes them squeek and pop).
bs
Elton Schulz wrote:
> Tracy, thanks for the clarification. My shock tower plates are the
> originals. Upon further inspection, I may have found some frame
> damage. The bolt hole in the rear "ear" that attaches to the lower
> control arm does not line up with the holes in the shock tower and the
> bolt hole in the front "ear". It appears that the rear "ear" needs to
> be pushed (rotated) towards the engine side. This could explain the
> negative camber. The motor mount on that same side is not level or
> plumb and also needs to be pushed towards the engine side. It appears
> that the frame rail on that side is twisted (rotated) outwards. Any
> ideas on how to correct this?
> Elton, BJ7 in progress
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tracy Drummond"
> <bighealey@charter.net<mailto:bighealey@charter.net>>
> To: "'Elton Schulz'"
<eschulz@frontiernet.net<mailto:eschulz@frontiernet.net>>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 7:51 AM
> Subject: RE: Negative Camber on a BJ7
>
>
> I mean the Shock tower plates themselves. Sometimes these have been
> replaced
> if the "tapped holes" (which are captured nuts) ever were stripped out.
>
> Probably not but after 40 some years many things are possible.
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