Heard
I wonder if your pitman arms might be backwards? The arms on the steering box
and the idler are supposed to dogleg toward the outside of the car. If they
angle toward the center that might explain the adjustment problem.
Ken Mason
BJ7 in work
----- Original Message -----
From: Heard<mailto:heard@datatrontech.net>
To: Healey List<mailto:healeys@Autox.Team.Net>
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 1:37 PM
Subject: Toe in question
Happy New Year Everyone!
I am trying to determine if I have something amiss with my front
suspension.
As some of you may know, my BT7 came 'pre-disassembled' (oh joy!) and I
have
been working on and off trying to get it back on its wheels. I thought I
was done after chassis painting, new wiring, etc., etc. and was just about
to set it back down when I noticed the toe-in was WAY off. With the car on
jack stands, and the crossrod adjusted as short as possible, it appears
that
a quick measurement shows that I need about another INCH of toe-in.
I have spent the better part of the last two weekends and consumed
considerable amounts of beer to make me think clearer, but I just can't see
that there is anything in the front suspension that is assembled wrong. I
have compared it with the Moss pics and the service manuals. And NO, the
frame is not bent.nor the shock towers. Even more perplexing is that if I
set the adjustment rod the way it was when it came off the car (when it was
running back in 1987), I would need about 2-3 inches more toe-in.
So my question is..Is it possible that putting the car down and loading it
with the engine will make this much difference? Or will it make any
difference. I know the manual says to have the car 'laden'.
If I have something wrong, I would like to correct it now. All ideas and
pics accepted. Thanks in advance.
Heard Saxon
Enterprise, FL
|