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Nope. For once, I'm NOT confused. I've acquired an interest in chassis
geometry WRT to handling characteristics (and can't spend ALL my time
correcting people on the interwebs ;). I know Healey geometry is
usually fixed; but my BN2 has Kilmartin adjustable camber plates, and I
acquired a set of shock plate inserts for my BJ8. I believe I can remove
the ends of the shock plates, remove the captive nuts and lengthen and
widen the holes enough to allow a couple degrees of camber adjustment
and maybe a degree or two of caster adjustment. I bought a 4-wheel
alignment kit to do the measuring.
My BN2 is surprisingly hard to turn, and only got more so when I
installed a smaller diameter steering wheel. It has 2-2.5deg pos.
caster; I think lessening that a little might decrease steering effort
(which may be normal, but I've only driven this one BN2). If it makes
the car too 'squirrely' I can fiddle with it until I get the handling I
like.
Bob
On 1/4/2021 1:36 PM, Neil Anderson wrote:
> Bob,
> I think you mean camber angle. Caster is the forward/rearward angle
> inclination of the swivel upright, which is permanently set on a
> Healey. Camber is the top inward or outward angle tilt of the wheel
> when viewed front front.
>
> Not sure what the factory camber angle is, but what you stated is
> probably close.
>
> Neil Anderson
>
> On Mon, Jan 4, 2021, 2:28 PM Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net
>
> Listers,
>
> What's the recommended setting (my version of the shop manual doesn't
> specify one)? I think the BJ8 manual recommends 1-2deg pos.
>
> Bob
>
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Nope. For once, I'm NOT confused. I've acquired an interest in
chassis geometry WRT to handling characteristics (and can't spend
ALL my time correcting people on the interwebs ;). I know Healey
geometry is usually fixed; but my BN2 has Kilmartin adjustable
camber plates, and I acquired a set of shock plate inserts for my
BJ8. I believe I can remove the ends of the shock plates, remove the
captive nuts and lengthen and widen the holes enough to allow a
couple degrees of camber adjustment and maybe a degree or two of
caster adjustment. I bought a 4-wheel alignment kit to do the
measuring.<br>
<br>
My BN2 is surprisingly hard to turn, and only got more so when I
installed a smaller diameter steering wheel. It has 2-2.5deg pos.
caster; I think lessening that a little might decrease steering
effort (which may be normal, but I've only driven this one BN2). If
it makes the car too 'squirrely' I can fiddle with it until I get
the handling I like.<br>
<br>
Bob<br>
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<div>Bob,Â
<div dir="auto">I think you mean camber angle. Caster is the
forward/rearward angle inclination of the swivel upright,
which is permanently set on a Healey. Camber is the top
inward or outward angle tilt of the wheel when viewed front
front.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Not sure what the factory camber angle is, but
what you stated is probably close.  </div>
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Neil Anderson</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 4, 2021, 2:28
PM Bob Spidell <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net";
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"
moz-do-not-send="true">bspidell@comcast.net</a>>
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<br>
What's the recommended setting (my version of the shop
manual doesn't <br>
specify one)? I think the BJ8 manual recommends 1-2deg
pos.<br>
<br>
Bob<br>
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