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healey100

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Rear suspension
« on: July 20, 2009, 20:00:40 »
Hi I just finished the rear suspension but the wheels looks like they are going from inside out, what  do you think it happened what can I do to put the wheels strait?
Thanks
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jeffc280sl

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Re: Rear suspention
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2009, 21:16:19 »
What did you do to the rear suspension?  In general when the rear of the car is jacked up the independant rear suspension hangs down with the bottom of the rear tires pointing inward.  As you move the car forwards or backwards the wheels move back out to their normal position.
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healey100

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Re: Rear suspension
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2009, 16:48:34 »
Thank you for your information, I drove the car and the wheels still the same do you think I need to adjust some part?
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jeffc280sl

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Re: Rear suspension
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2009, 17:27:02 »
What did you repair on the rear suspension?  The only adjustment for what you are describing is changing spring pad thickness.  Did you install new springs or change pad thicknesses.
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hands_aus

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Re: Rear suspension
« Reply #4 on: July 24, 2009, 10:30:44 »
new compensating spring rubber pads?
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DavidBrough

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Re: Rear suspension
« Reply #5 on: July 24, 2009, 12:00:32 »
Hi Healey,

The rear camber is positive and should be +.5 to +1.5 degrees with the hardtop on and the fuel tank full. If you have the max at +1.5 then the car will look very high without the hardtop and little fuel in the tank. When I was setting mine, the only adjustment that seemed to make any real difference was new rubbers on the compensating spring.

Have a look here for a neat camber angle tool.

http://www.sl113.org/forums/index.php?topic=2661.0
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