Your numbers agree with my shop manual. Your question as to the
geometry lie with two points:
1) different lengths of the radius of swing of the upper "a" frame and
the lower "a" frame;
2) The upper fulcrum pivot axis lies outside (further from the center of
the car) than the lower fulcrum axis.
On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, John Cowan wrote:
>
> My '60 TR-3A is in a body shop to have the frame straightened and two
> cracks welded. Both the frame guy and my mechanic say the static laden
> camber for the front wheels should be set to 0 degrees.
> However, I found a note in the shop manual indicating that static
> laden camber should be 2 degrees positive. It also says the camber at full
> bump will be 1/2 degree and at full droop, 1 degree.
> I find the manual info to be puzzling and at odds with my limited
> understanding of suspension geometry, so I'm inclined to go with the advice
> I have been given.
> Does anyone have any thoughts on this problem?
> Thanks.
> John Cowan
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James A. Ruffner
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