G'day Michael
I seem to remember a while ago you mentioning a bent axle casing on your rally
car. I'm beginning to wonder if I have a similar problem on the Ward Special
(which is built on a BN1 chassis and running gear) When I bought the car about
6 years ago, the left rear tyre was quite badly worn on the outside edge. I
assumed at the time this tyre had been swapped from the front, so had the
tracking checked and left it at that until I replaced the tyres. Now, a new
tyre that has only been on the rear is showing the same signs after only a few
thousand miles. So far as I have been able to measure between the axle and
chassis reference points, the axle isn't misaligned in the chassis (in which
case I'd expect both tyres to wear, one on the inside and one on the outside
edge). So, I guess this doesn't leave many other possiblities. The car was
heavily crashed in 1956 when new, hence the rebody - but I'm surprised that
it's gone this long with a bent axle, especially when it was used as a race
car for 10 years!
Your thoughs appreciated
Cheers
Peter Linn
Brisbane Oz
BN1 Ward Special
BN1 Holden V6
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