Bill,
Sorry,
Let me restate.
"No questions will be entertained as to how I acquired this knowledge."
I aquired the knowledge by installing the idler arm backwards myself.
My BT7 looked pretty retarded until I corrected it.
Tracy
WILLIAM B LAWRENCE wrote:
>Too cruel!
>
>Bill
>
>
>On 1/4/05 6:34 AM, "Tracy Drummond" <bighealey@charter.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>>Bill,
>>
>>Some of us know the answer already. :-)
>>
>>Happy holidays!!
>>
>>Tracy
>>
>>WILLIAM B LAWRENCE wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>>Alternatively it is easy during assembly to install the steering levers at
>>>the wheels (MOSS part #s 031-278 and 031-388) backward. If you do that
>>>things really go wacky.
>>>
>>>No questions will be entertained as to how I acquired this knowledge.
>>>
>>>As to the pitman arms Ken is right, the arms come forward from the housings
>>>and (in football parlance) banana out. However, when the tie rod is
>>>installed they appear parallel.
>>>
>>>Have fun.
>>>
>>>Bill Lawrence
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>On 1/3/05 7:45 PM, "KENNETH MASON" <meditionm@msn.com>
>>><mailto:meditionm@msn.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>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
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