In a message dated 12/25/2008 8:15:08 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
red_tr250@yahoo.com writes:
...don't mind goin' back to the current spring, but my
issue is the serious negative camber on the driver
side(right hand drive). I suspected it was due to a
worn out spring? ....Oh and
apparently there's a spacer on the driver side on the
front spring...to compensate for the driver? Is this
true?
==AM==
There should not be a spacer on the driver's side front spring on a
right-hand drive car. It appeared on left-hand drive cars because of the
presumed
weight of a driver PLUS the weight of the gas in the tank, which also is on
the
left side of the car (regardless of driver position). On the other hand,
someone might have put in that spacer a long time ago, to try to compensate
for
this excessive right-side REAR camber problem you mention...in which case
something weird definitely is going on. Of course, it might just be that
whatever
spring currently is in the back of the car is a worn-out Spitfire-spec.swing
spring? Otherwise, I don't recall ever seeing a fixed-spring GT6 of any rear
suspension configuration develop serious neg. camber on either side short of
a broken spring or other damaged or twisted bits!
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