On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, at around 11:37:55 local time, ZoboHerald@aol.com
wrote:
>In a message dated 2/6/2003 10:38:41 AM Eastern Standard Time, Dave
>Massey <105671.471@compuserve.com> writes:
>
>>>Rear Toe
>
> [...]
>
>>Asymetrical rear toe will cause the car to "dog track" which is to say the
>>car will drive down the street a bit sideways. This is most common to live
>>axle cars with leaf springs where the axle has shifted on the spring on one
>>side. I'm not familiar with this suspension but isn't the adjustment for
>>this done with shims inserted in the U-joint attachments to the diff?
>
>That would ever so slightly change the track, but not the toe. Toe is
>adjusted with shims on the forward mount of the radius rod to the body
>on a Spitfire or GT6 (or similar mount to the frame outrigger on a
>Herald or Vitesse).
Thanks, Andy - that saves me going through the manuals.
>
>Of course, if that mounting point is weak enough, the toe is
>automatically and constantly adjusted for you with the accelerator
>pedal. This is NOT recommended on cars actually being propelled by a
>motor of any size or power output on a public thoroughfare or
>elsewhere. ;-) (Ask me how I know; nothing like a little "torque steer"
>on a GT6+ with a rusted radius arm mount!)
<gulp>
ATB
--
Mike
Ellie - 1963 White Herald 1200 Convertible GA125624 CV
Connie - 1968 Conifer Herald 1200 Saloon GA237511 DL
Carly - 1977 Inca Yellow Spitfire 1500 FH105671
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