On Mon, 28 Jul 1997 10:07 +0930 "Heuer, Paul"
<paul.heuer(at)dsto.defence.gov.au> writes:
>Hi Jarrid,
>I had a chance to measure my wheel offset on the weekend. (Remember
>14x6
>minilite clones)
>It is 3.75 inches (from the back face of the hub to the innermost edge
>of
>the wheel).
>You said 4in offset would work for you, but my front wheels sit out
>from the
>front guards by about an inch! The police here will put me off the
>road for
>that, not to mention the spray coming off the tyres on a wet road.
>When you
>said you had plenty of room, you meant in this dimension didn't you?
>With my offset I have more than an inch space between the inside of
>the
>wheel and the top ball joint, so I could manage 4.75 in offset if I
>had to.
>
>Have you flared out your front guards, or is the track different
>between
>your series 2 and my series 3?
>Curiouser and curiouser....
>Paul.
Paul, first lets talk tires, mine were 205s, and as I said, I had
something like
4.25 or 4.5 inch offset. If your tires are wider, then you will need
more offset.
Are your rims really 6 inches?
Also, I think offset it measured from the inside lip of the tire to the
mounting
flange. This will put you at a another 1/4 inch disadvantage.
Wider than 6 inches needs more offset.
The series II have the same track as the others, and I have not rolled
my fenders. I know of some Tiger folks who use various parts of the
early suspensions because the early one have metal bushings. The
parts all hold the same suspension geometries even though they
are quite different in design.
Did you have tires on the rims, or are you extrapolating the position
that
the tires would have been at?
Remember the suspension should/must have some negative camber, which
will tuck those tires in at the top.
I home something here helps.
Jarrid
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