jabbahutt
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 posted on 15/9/08 at 07:24 AM |
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thanks all especially Paul
Morning all
Well after my hissy fit last week about my steering and suspension it's done.
Many thanks to everyone for the encouragement but sincere thanks to Paul(Tiger B6) for giving up his Saturday afternoon and helping get everything
sorted especially since he was dealing with someone completely clueless.
We had to adjust the camber by removing the top wishbone as the mushroom just wasn't budging no matter what we tried.
So what was wrong? well it looks like I should of set the camber up before the toe angle and Paul well spotted the column bush had worked loose so
that was tightened.
Suspension bushes were attached to the rack to shorten it's travel and seem to work okay.
Only thing that we didn't sort was self centring. Paul thinks that because we were only pushing the car rather than driving it it might show
when the car is going a little quicker but be prepared for a few posts if it doesn't.
Again my thanks it's much appreciated.
Nigel
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blakep82
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| posted on 15/9/08 at 07:29 AM |
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good stuff!
did you find the reason for the steering wheel not centering to the same position after turning lock to lock?
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jabbahutt
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| posted on 15/9/08 at 07:37 AM |
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I can only guess that it was a combination of the following.
1. Me being convinced after staring at it too long I'd set it up properly and it wasn't
2. Could the loose column bearing of had anything to do with it.
3. could the camber being over 1.5 degrees different betwween the wheels affect it?
My money is on No.1 though
[Edited on 15/9/08 by jabbahutt]
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 15/9/08 at 08:07 AM |
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nice one and well done Paul 
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 15/9/08 at 08:26 AM |
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Glad to help out Nigel - enjoyed my Saturday afternoon helping out.
My betting it was a combination of things meaning it wasnt returning the the same position including the toe position and not having bounced the car
to settle the suspension after making adjustments  Apart from the column bearing having worked loose, everything was all fine - nothing else
loose.
For someone supposedly so completely clueless, Nigel has very nearly completed one cracking looking build!! The fit and finish is top notch and i love
Nigel's very original dashboard and flooring (an idea i'm gonna pinch!! ) - in fact the whole interior!! The thought he's put into
this car is excellent and its going to have a lot of people crawling over it at the shows next year taking pics here and there with some of the
inovation thats gone into it!!
Well done to you Nigel - now i dare you to post a pic of your dash for all to see.
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jabbahutt
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| posted on 15/9/08 at 09:56 AM |
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Paul
Cheers for the kind comments on my interior. I'll gladly post pictures once I work out how as my past attempts have been feeble.
Obviously my I.T skills match up to my car mechanics
So if you need a return favour with help with a car interior give me a shout.
Cheers
Nigel
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russbost
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| posted on 15/9/08 at 04:15 PM |
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Glad you got it sorted Nigel - it's amazing what a fresh pair of eyes & a second pair of hands can acheive
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