On the topic of castor, I got a wheel alignment today and the bloke said I need new castor rod bushes, would that explain an occasional clunk under braking? The castor rod is the one that comes back from near the ball joint to somewhere arround the chassis rail (if I recall) right?
On Sat, 23 Aug 2003, Terry Rudd wrote: > Even with +3 castor you know when the front tyres need more air, but the > turn in response with heaps of castor is something you'll seek when you > haven't got it. > > TR > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mark > Sent: Friday, 22 August 2003 7:01 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: castor adjustment > > > I was running about 5 degrees in my 1600. To do that we had to chop out the > front guard a bit. As mine was a race car that didn't bother me, not sure if > I would doit to a street car, plus the steering would be too heavy for the > street anyway. > > You will find even 2 degrees will make a difference. > > Mark > > > > --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/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
