I have also been looking at a lot of positive camber in my front end and after
eliminating all other possible causes I think I have determined that there is
excessive ware on my kingpins that I never realized was present even though I
had the suspension completely apart several times. I know you said you had
your suspension rebuilt but if you didn't rebuild the kingpins you might want
to check on them.
Ron
-----Original Message-----
>From: Greg Lemon <glemon@neb.rr.com>
>Sent: Apr 5, 2006 12:34 PM
>To: healeys@autox.team.net
>Subject: Camber
>
>After scratching my head and guessing that the outside wear on my front tires
>was due to incorrect toe-in I recently bought new tires and rather than wear
>these out wanted to fix the problem.
>
>It turns out, based upon my level, that I have some pretty significant
>positive camber on the fronts, i.e. the top of the fronts stick out maybe an
>inch to 1.5" more than the bottoms.
>
>Is this a common problem with older Healeys? the front suspension is recently
>rebuilt, nothing seems bent and there is no sign of accident damage.
>
>My first thought was to fix with offset bushes, I asked Dennis Welch about how
>many degrees they could correct for with their offset bushes and just got a
>nebulous answer. By eyeballing I don't think there would be enough adjustment
>in their bushings to fix my problem.
>
>Any thought on a fix short of re-engineering the front suspension?
>
>Greg Lemon
>54 BN1
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