Joe asked: > I am wondering what is used in conjunction with the sliding > axles to allow the wheel to assume the proper camber as > each side goes up and down with the flexing of the road > spring.
Joe, do you not have a GT6 with IRS? Or are you asking specifically about Todd's sliding-axle arrangement? On the production GT6 Mk2 the upper control arm was the spring itself. The axle's bearing was fixed firmly to the upright rather than allowed to pivot on a longitudinal axis with a trunnion as with a swing-axle. See part #17 in the left-hand drawing at: http://www.spitbits.com/gt6/GT6%20suspension.htm. IIRC, Jaguar have used an arrangement in which a fixed-length axle with u-joint or CV joint acted as one of the control arms. And Lotus has used the Chapman strut, similar to a McPherson strut but with the control arm replaced by a fixed-length axle and a toe-in control link. But the GT6 never did, of course, and never needed a fixed-length axle. Or maybe I'm missing the point of your question. -- Jim Muller _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires http://www.team.net/archive
