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Soooooo ... that could be the cause of hard turning?
On 1/4/2021 2:12 PM, Michael Salter wrote:
> Castor should be 1 3/4 degrees ... it's in the factory manual ..
> Bear in mind that sagged rear springs can add to that.
> 2 1/2 degrees is way too much.
>
> M
>
> On Mon., Jan. 4, 2021, 5:01 p.m. Bob Spidell, <bspidell@comcast.net
>
> 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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Soooooo ... that could be the cause of hard turning?<br>
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<div dir="auto">Castor should be 1 3/4 degrees ... it's in the
factory manual ..
<div dir="auto">Bear in mind that sagged rear springs can add to
that.</div>
<div dir="auto">2 1/2 degrees is way too much.</div>
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<div dir="auto">M</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon., Jan. 4, 2021, 5:01
p.m. Bob Spidell, <<a href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net";
moz-do-not-send="true">bspidell@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div> 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>
<br>
<div>On 1/4/2021 1:36 PM, Neil Anderson wrote:<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>
<div dir="auto"><br>
</div>
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";
rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">bspidell@comcast.net</a>>
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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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