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lenny - 7/10/05 at 12:13 PM

Hi all good result today fail on 3 points ,1 headlight bar (trim blew off on the way) 2. no self center 3.emissions . only avable retest next wensday but go on holls tues . still a bloody good result well happy Lenny

JAG - 7/10/05 at 12:23 PM

Nice work mate - It'll all be worth it in the end.

Hellfire - 7/10/05 at 12:24 PM

Not too bad then but did he not allow you to do a quick fix on the first two fails?

Did you remember to wind the TRE's out to give self centring?

What year blade engine have you got fitted?

lenny - 7/10/05 at 12:41 PM

steering colum seams tight slacked off top joint and it is tight up by the steer wheel ,yes stuck some trim on pass , but the gas test well rich . but still me one happy chappy , tester nice bloke,very helpfull , still not much to re test ,98 rrx tried to go sensible for a few miles on the way home (god these welsh roads nice and twisty) well good fun pity road wet so not too hard but it pulls well sill trying to master the clutch or is it the on/off switch Lenny

[Edited on 7/10/05 by lenny]

jonbeedle - 7/10/05 at 01:40 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Hellfire
Not too bad then but did he not allow you to do a quick fix on the first two fails?

Did you remember to wind the TRE's out to give self centring?

What year blade engine have you got fitted?

Winding the TREs out would give positive camber wouldn't it (tops of wheels outward as viewed from front)? This is opposite to what is desireable isn't it?
Cheers
Jon

mookaloid - 7/10/05 at 01:57 PM

quote:
Originally posted by jonbeedle
quote:
Originally posted by Hellfire
Not too bad then but did he not allow you to do a quick fix on the first two fails?

Did you remember to wind the TRE's out to give self centring?

What year blade engine have you got fitted?

Winding the TREs out would give positive camber wouldn't it (tops of wheels outward as viewed from front)? This is opposite to what is desireable isn't it?
Cheers
Jon


I think he means the track rod ends on the steering rack to give toe out rather than positive camber using the transit TRE's which are used as an upper ball joint.

Cheers

Mark

jonbeedle - 7/10/05 at 04:21 PM

Oh!

dom7 - 8/10/05 at 08:19 AM

can someone explain to me what the TRE is, because I have a problem of self centering too and I don't know how to solve it ?

TimC - 8/10/05 at 08:50 AM

Well done mate - nearly there! Looking forward to chasing you around Llandow!

TC

BKLOCO - 8/10/05 at 09:29 AM

dom 7. TRE is Track rod end.
People tend to wind them out a couple of turns to give toe out in an attempt to improve the self centering of the steering.
IMHO (in my humble opinion) this is not the correct way of correcting the problem.
The correct solution is to increase the castor angle . (The angle the pivot line of the kingpin is off from the vertical)
I am sure someone will now shoot me down in flames but what the heck.

lenny - 8/10/05 at 11:15 AM

Hi all , fixed the steering prob, move colum a bit all ok, Tim me off on holls next week so no time to play till 29th so me chasing you about Llandow .came home from SVA via Llantrisant road good fun cant wait to get over Caerphilly mountain road tryed that one yet Lenny