Bump Steer Spacers

[abrahamk]

Errol et. al. I have alluded to this in previous posts but I haven't been put straight (Yet!); Why are those spacers called 'bump-steer' spacers. By my reckoning they should be called 'scrub' spacers. A lot of people have talked about the front transverse arms being angled down-to-the-outside, in reality however, what is important is the hypothetical plane between the centre of the outside ball-joint and the transverse arm mounting bush. This should be horizontal, i.e parallel to the ground, presumably this is what the spacers achieve on a car that has been lowered. As you all know, scrub is the change in track, i.e the distance between the front (or rear) wheels' contact patch. And the transverse arms move in arcs, obviously, so therefore the track will vary in pitch and roll - and it will vary least when the 'plane' is horizontal.   Wadderurekon? Nick --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------