Re[2]: negative camber and saftey

[Peter Mchugh <Peter.Mchugh@faa.dot.gov>]

     Thanks for the response...my cars are all rotoflex...but that isn't 
     cure-all...I'd like to develop ideas on this proposal...I have ordered 
     a negative camber spring from the UK, but if reversing a leaf is a 
     useful alternative, I'd like to consider it...the idea being to lower 
     and spread the rear a little without giving up spring tension and 
     response.
     
     Any other discussion????


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Subject: Re: negative camber and saftey
Author:  matthews@sj.bigger.net at Internet
Date:    6/19/97 12:18 PM


Peter,
     
It depends on which year GT-6. They all have the transverse leaf, but 
the rotoflex suspension is supposed to cure the jacking problem. I 
haven't tried reversing the leaf, but maybe I will soon.
     
Cheers,
     
John Matthews
'61 Racin' Herald
     
Peter Mchugh wrote:
>
>      This is an interesting thread...(at least to me)...I'm not familiar 
>      with the Herald rear springs...are they similar to GT-6?   Would the 
>      idea of reversing a leaf work for  the GT-6?????
>
>      Any thoughts?????
>
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> Subject: negative camber and saftey
> Author:  derekev@academy.net.au at Internet 
> Date:    6/19/97 8:15 AM
>
> 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.
> this comes from 'practical motorist annual 72'  (1972) page 80 
>
> .........'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.
 i
>  got my wife to stand on it while holding the washing line for balance while i
>  put the bolts in.
> 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