Hi Thom
The type of balancing gizmo you describe is only able to account for static
balance, I can tell you that some times the dynamic balance will be very
different from the static balance. The weights will be at the same point on
the circumference ( give or take) but if you stick the weights on the inside
and they needed to be on the outside you will have added to the problem
rather than reducing it, have the wheels / tyres balanced at a shop with
machine that spins them.
Graham.
----- Original Message -----
From: thom kuby <thomkuby@iwvisp.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Cc: <ednelson@ridgenet.net>
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 12:01 PM
Subject: TR3A steering
>
> Greetings,
>
> First off, I'd like to thank all of you who have been supportive and have
> responded to my various questions pertaining to this '59 TR3A, that I've
> been fixing up for a neighbor of mine.
>
> The front end rebuild is finished. This amounted to EVERYTHING being
> replaced. The only thing I DIDN'T do was deal with the steering box...and
I
> probably should've.
>
> Now the questions are about steering. The car wants to (still) shimmy at
> about 55mph...At rest there seems to be an awful lot of slop in the
> steering..like about three inches either way off of dead center.
> - does this mean the steering box is toast?
> - can this slop be adjusted out? (and how do you do that?)
>
> I set the front-end toe, camber, according to the numbers in the manual
> (I'm using the Bentley repro of the factory pub.).
> - Are these numbers correct?
> - are some other tricks to getting this geometry right?
>
> I'm going to re-balance the tires this weekend - I don't think this is
> causing the shimmy however, as I've balanced these same tires/wheels
> before...on an old, Snap-On bubble balancer (you know...the type where you
> place the wheel down flat on it, and then center the bubble indicator).
>
> comments anyone?
>
> Again, the car's owner and I thank you in advance...this is a good group o
n
> this list.
>
> Cheers
> Thom Kuby
> Porsche freak, with a TR3 in his garage
>
>
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