I was cleaning out my giant mailbox, and found this. I'm afraid the volume
of this (and other) lists has become so large I often fall behind.
Long ago, ingate@shiseis.com (Shane F. Ingate) wrote:
>Dan Masters wrote:
> >I Have a set of Panasport wheel on my TR6.
> >The only problem I have with Panasports is that they rub on the
> <suspension components if I turn the wheel hard in either direction. I
> >discussed this with Dave Hagenbuch at TRF, and he said most TR6s don't
>have a
> <problem, but once in a while one does.
>
...
>The solution I used (an idea from Roger Bolick) was to replace the
>outboard upper A-arm bolts that are 1/4" shorter (dont forget they are
>grade-8 and use nylocs), and to use tape-mounted weights. With this
>setup, the next component of the suspension that could touch is the
>upper horizontal lip of the trailing upper A-Arm; there is only 3/16" clearance
>there. Its not structural, so you could easily grind 1/8" off.
>
>Why do some cars touch and others not? Could it be a camber problem?
>Or indicative of a prior accident?
I had this problem when I bought my TR6 (but only when in reverse!)
The wheel had cut nicely into the upper A-arms and the ball-joint bolts.
This was traced to two things: one, the bushings were TOTALLY shot. 150K
miles I believe, though the DPO told me 50K. Second, he'd hit a curb with
that corner fairly hard, and while the brackets have been rewelded/etc, the
vertical link (and perhaps the stub axle) was bent. When I put in all new
bushings/ball-joints/bearings/etc, I found that side simply wouldn't fit
now that all the play was gone. It doesn't take much of a bend in the
vertical link/stub axle to cause the wheel to approach the upper a-arm;
and it may not be visible otherwise.
--
Randell Jesup, Scala US R&D, Ex-Commodore-Amiga Engineer class of '94
Randell.Jesup@scala.com
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