No, caster is adjustable. It's adjustable the same way it is for any production double a-arm front suspension car. You use an unequal quantity of shims under the lower a-arm mounts to "tilt" the arm forward or back, changing the castor.
The caveat is that a Spitfire doesn't use a double ball joint suspension, it uses a trunnion on the bottom instead. The trunnion only has two axis of rotation, not the three a ball joint has. So it doesn't take kindly to being shoved forward and backwards. This induces wear on the trunnion, and can lead to breakage. This is something I've been pointing out for years, that you've got to be careful about this with regards to Spitfires. Glad to see one of the louder nay sayers has finally seen the light. And, of course, the shop that worked on your car may not have adjusted it anyhow, and simply noted it incorrectly in their repair write up. >>> James Carruthers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07/02/04 05:51AM >>> >Thanks everyone for their replies - that means I can take my car back >and tell them to refund my money because you can't adjust castor! I got >charged about #30 for it... > >It could have been a simple mistake... the girl who charged me had >talked to the adjuster guy and he'd said what he'd done to her... *** http://www.team.net/the-local *** Your messages not reaching the list? Check out http://www.team.net/posting.html *** unsubscribe/change address requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or try *** http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool *** http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo *** Archives at http://www.team.net/archive *** Edit your replies!
