it could be an idea to get these things checked, however you can see that the bushes are all worn, its harder for me not knowing what to look for to tell if things like ball joints and tie rods are needing replacing.
on the highway though, at speeds above 80, but more obvious above 100 when you hit a bump the car jumps all over the road up the front end. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Alford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 11:21 PM Subject: Re: suspension questions > Robbie, > > Before you go forking out a load of hard earned money - take the car to a > good wheel alignment guy. > > I would suggest looking at your alignmet settings prior to changing > components. If you still use the car as a daily driver, anything you do will > be a comprimise, but I would be aiming for loads of positive castor (5 > degrees if you can get it - but this will make the steering quite quite > heavy) and up to 4.5 degrees negative camber (no good for the street > though - so adjustable strut tops could be a good option, depends how > serious you want to get.) > > Of course your ride height and quality of components like shocks will come > into play - but it would be interesting to find out what your wheel > alignment settings are right now before you make any adjustments. At > leastthen you will know what adjustments are working and what adjustments > have little or no effect. > > Mark. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robbie vidler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 4:45 PM > Subject: suspension questions > > > > had my first hill climb in my 1975 datsun 180b SSS on sunday... the car > got > > around in an ok time despite handling like a dog ;) > > > > it was understeering big time when i thought i'd have trouble keeping it > > from over steering, however it rarely let go of the rear end. > > the front springs are to soft and the whole car in my opinion sits to > high. > > > > i am wondering how much lower then standard can i go 2.5" or 3". the car > has > > unknown front shocks and munroe adjustables on the rear, i don't know hwo > to > > adjust them though. > > > > after a suspension inspection these items were suggested. > > > > Rh inner tie rod end > > lower inners > > radius rod bushes > > lh lower ball joint > > idler arm > > rear lower arm bushes > > rear shocks > > quote > > $1000 > > > > this sounded a little excessive to me, and the rear shocks appear ok to > me? > > > > i'm wondering which of these things i could do myself and what else could > i > > do to make the car more determined to turn in? > > > > thanks robbie. > > > > --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/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
