On Wed, 13 Aug 1997 22:58:20 +0000 "Scott Gardner" <gardner@lwcomm.com>
writes:
>Can changing the rear leaf springs on a 'B' change the front-end
>geometry?
> Here's how it happened. Last week, I replaced the A-arms on
>the
>left side (Ran out of time before doing the right side.) The holes
>were pretty ovaled out, and replacing the arms did wonders in
>reducing my 65 mph shimmy.
> Then a few days ago, I replaced the sagging rear leaf springs
>with
>the seven-leaf units. Everything was well until I drove the car and
>realized that most of the shimmy had come back. In addition, the
>steering wheel is now cocked about fifteen degrees to the left when
>the car is traveling straight forward. The car doesn't pull to
>either side, and didn't pull prior to the control-arm swap, but this
>has me puzzled. Could changing the rear leaf springs have affected
>the front end this way? I'm going to put on the new right-side
>control arms tomorrow and see what that does, as well as check to see
>if anything loosened up on the left side, but I'd like to have some
>idea of things to check prior to getting started.
> Could I have mis-installed the leaf springs? There doesn't
>seem to
>be any adjustable parts back there, and everything lined up and
>bolted up pretty well.
>Scott Gardner
>
Changing the rear springs probably didn't do it, but I promise you that
only rebushing one side of the front end sure did!
Rick Morrison
72 MGBGT
74 Midget
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