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Re: negative camber and saftey

To: derek evans <derekev@academy.net.au>
Subject: Re: negative camber and saftey
From: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 09:34:41 +0600 (EDT)
Cc: "Triumph List (E-mail)" <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
On Thu, 19 Jun 1997, derek evans wrote:

> my commiserations to the driver who rolled his herald i found an article
> many years ago that enables you to get lots or heaps of negative camber
> without resorting to soft worn out springs...

> .........'counting from the main leaf, turn number four upside down.'
 
> this gives you a healthy amount of negative camber and feels great.  my
> car has been running like this for years.  to get more you can also
> reverse number five but i think this would be too much.  it is slightly
> difficult to get the spring together again but not impossible...

This sounds almost too simple; what a neat idea!

> australian heralds also had a packing piece in the
> front suspension to raise it. it is worth removing this if doing the
> above mod.  derek

Derek, were there packing pieces on both sides? U.S.-spec. Heralds usually
had such a piece, but only on the LHS of the car.

--Andy

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