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Anyone have a pic of what these look like? Dimensions would be good too.
I may need a set..
Thanks
Castor can be adjusted at the top A arm mounting points.
This is where the single shims wouldbe used.
I do my own alignment on both our Sunbeams.
I am not able to do the 4 wheel alignment as that does take the more equipment then I have
I would not try anything involving the crossmember to frame shims. They are as good as they are.
With no camber shims, my car has about 1/2* camber on the right side, and a little over 1* on the left. It has 1 1/2* of caster on one side and a little over 2* on the other. Totally inadequate and it drives like a dog. Adjusting caster using your method results in negative camber, which I do not want. Shimming the crossmember to 3* solves the problem.
I know of two other cars with the camber issue, so we need to tell drivers they may have to ignore the book if they want a good driving car.
Oh yes, my stock crossmember shims are in excellent condition.
Bill
Chuck, I assume you mean that you CAN adjust the Castor slightly by using the single (half shim)of the normal Camber shim. Makes sense. Note that the WSM instructions for Camber adjustment state "Any short adjustment shims must be left undisturbed", obviously that is because moving the short shims would change the castor.
66, I will edit this post in a few minutes to add description and dimensions.
Tom
Thanks Chuck, but how do you adust the rear axle when it is not parallel with the front axle and what kind of deviation is acceptable?
Bill
How far can you drive in a straight line with no hands on the wheel?
If the rear axle is not located parallel with the front axle, how do you adjust this? What amount of deviation is acceptable, my Sunbeam has a deviation of 7,5 mm according the specialist who measured this.
Thanks for a reply in advance!
Regards,
Peter
Many times farther than I could before shimming the crossmember.
Bill
Thanks for all the contributions to the thread, lot of good info.
While open to all the ideas, I'm in the same boat as Bill with camber, don't have any adjustment left on it and am concerned if I do the A arm adjustment I'll be on the wrong side of it
So I'll try the cross member shimming and see what happens, can always take it out and try the a arm.