On Fri, 25 Apr 1997, Larry A Hoy quoted the following:
> are not matched sets. Now, imagine how further frustrating it is, after
> changing the road springs from side to side, to see the vehicle still
> leaning to the left! Let me tell you that if your MGB is leaning to the
> left (front & rear lean condition) in all probability it will still lean
> to this side after front and rear road spring replacement. My belief is
> that this is caused by the monoque body shell taking a "set" condition,
> which is due to many years of "driver only" driving conditions.
Perhaps, if the monocoque were weakened by rust, it might take a "set"
that could then be made permanent by repairs. Otherwise, I really doubt
that an undamaged body shell would take a "set" due to the weight of the
driver. That would imply that the unbalanced weight of the driver could
cause plastic deformation of the original body structure. The structure
would have to be very weak before that would happen. If the structure
were that weak, I would think a far more likely cause of deformation would
be the torque of the engine.
If a car lists to the left, continues to list to the left after new
springs are fitted, and still continues to list to the left after the
springs on both ends of the car are swapped left for right, start looking
for accident damage or assembly error.
W. R. Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8629
|