I think the shims he's refering to are approx 1/2" disks with 3 holes
for the studs and a center hole for the top shock bolt to protrude... at
the top of the front springs between the top spring plate (round with 3
vertical studs) and the upper suspension-frame spring mount.
The shims otherwise referred to are to adjust camber, as you stated
Clark
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>From: Barry Schwartz[SMTP:bschwartz@encad.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 1997 12:34 PM
>To: triumphs@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: GT6 Perplexia
>
>Martin s> writes:
>>1) The PO of my GT6-3 unshimmed the front end to eliminate the positive
>camber
>>of the wheels, which are now vertical. He said he did it to make life
>less hard for
>>the tires, which I understand, but I am left to wonder if this is the
>reason the car
>>seems to float a bit at highway speeds over 70 mph. The steering gets
>disturbingly
>>light. Could this be because of the lack of positive camber, and if not,
>what is the
>>purpose of the camber on the front end, anyway?
>************************
>Something doesn't seem right here. Removing the shims (I'm assuming the
>shims here are the ones under the lower a-arm mounts) would induce positive
>camber. Removing the shims would pull the lower arm closer to the body.
>This would pull the lower portion of the wheel closer towards the car (i.e.
>top of wheels wider then the bottom). Actually a little negative camber
>would help in cornering and help prevent the wandering your talking about.
>I think the 'positive' camber is used on the GT6 primarily to impart a
>'lighter' feel to a nose heavy car. I too have noticed a tendency to get
>light at speed on the GT and have since reduced the camber (more negative)
>to help eliminate this. I never really liked the front 'positive' camber
>look on the GT6's anyway.
>
>Barry Schwartz in San Diego, CA
>
>Bschwartz@encad.com
>72-V6/5sp Spitfire ( daily driver )
>70 GT6+ ( when I don't drive the Spitfire )
>70 (sorta) Spitfire ( project )
>73 Ford Courier ( parts hauler )
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