Jerry:
By referring to the steering levers as "splayed outwards" do you meen away
from the center of the car and towards the wheel ? If so, that is how the arms
are installed on this car. We also checked The BMC p/n's one each arm with the
Parts List to make sure they were on the correct side.
Sam
----- Original Message -----
From: jerry adams
To: Sam Marble
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: Front end allignment question
John,
This thread was on list some time ago. Look at the way the steering levers
are mounted to the swivel axels. The steering levers should be mounted so the
arms are splayed outward. If they are not splayed outward but inward the
tires will be toed outward.
Jerry
BN2
Sam Marble <samncyna@comcast.net> wrote:
John:
Thank's for the response. The measurement agrees with what we measured
on the BN7 yesterday (about 19 3/8 I think. It's adjusted all the way
and still very toed out. The engine and tran. went in yesterday. It
still looked toed out on the ground afterward.
Sam
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Snyder"
To: "Sam Marble"
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: Front end allignment question
> I have a very early BN7 MK2 in my shop. The length of the threaded
tube is
> 19 1/2". The center to center dimension of the ball ends is 23
1/4". There
> is plenty of adjustment left. The chassis has no body on it yet, so
it
> looks a little toed out. This will self-correct some when the
weight of the
> body is added. At that point, I will do a final adjustment. Hope
this
> helps.
>
> John Snyder
>
>
> > Listers:
> > I've been helping a fellow clubmember with the restoration of his
MK1 BN7
> > and have come accross a problem in trying to adjust for the proper
toe in
> > for the front end. We've run out of adjustment and the wheels
> are still significantly toed out. I've been following earlier posts
on
> similar problems but after close checking, the assembly on this car
looks
> exactly the same as my BN4.
> > We did notice one difference yesterday when we decided to measure
the
> > lenghth of the crossrods on the two cars. The crossrod on the BN7
is
> > almost an inch greater in length than the BN4 I noticed that there
is a
> > changover point in the BN7/BT7 production to a different style
crossrod.
> > We have no information on the history of this car and it is being
> > assembled from more than one car. Does anyone have information on
the
> > comparable lengths of the two
> > styles and how this could effect the allignment ?
> >
> > Sam
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