It's certainly normal for camber to increase- in fact, it's highly desirable.
It keeps the tire in better contact with the pavement.
As to the toe, it's not SUPPOSED to change- but that doesn't mean that it
won't. It's called 'bump steer'- honestly, I don't remember how much the
roadster has. It's better for it to toe- out in bump, however, than toe in...
But I agree, 1/4" of engaged thread would bother me, too...
Toby
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From: "Mike H." <twobeaners@earthlink.net>
> Hey Stephan, and List,
> I could use some input also. I just installed Mike Young's springs with new
> upper, rubber seats. By lowering the front suspension, is it normal for the
> toe out to increase and the camber to become more negative (top of tires
> tilted inward, bottom outwards)?
>
> The problem is, after resetting my camber to a negative 1.5 degrees, I've
> had to drastically adjust out (lengthen) my center rod link and I'm left
> with about a 1/4" of rod thread going into each of the end joints. Even with
> the locknuts tightened up, I'm haunted by such a small amount of threaded
> connection on a steering component.
> Mike Hudson '67 - 1600
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