rumor has it that David wrote: > A danger in this type of suspension is if the camber angle becomes too > extreme the contact patch can get very small as the tire rides up on the > edge of its tread. This was part of the reason Corvairs (which also had > swing-axle rear suspensions) had such squirrelly handling. Large > amounts of positive camber are especially dangerous because the axle can > try to tuck under the car under heavy cornering loads.
Just for the sake of complete information, it was only the early Corvairs (1960 to 1964) that had a swing axle. From 1965 to 1969 they had dual-joint half-shafts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Corvair http://www.vex.net/~guru/corvair/aot6/aot6.htm http://www.corvaircorsa.com/handling02.html Philip, bein' picky *grin*
