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    Re: Transformer arrives in Colchester

    Quote Originally Posted by strat24v View Post
    do you have any play in your front suspension ball joints and track rod ends?
    Absolutely none. They are less than 5k miles old and were jiggled comprehensively by my MOT guy last week. Apart from the bottom suspension joint and track rod ends it is mostly rose jointed and quite quiet....But that would be a good place to look if the car had miles on it. There is no play in the steering either.

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    Re: Transformer arrives in Colchester

    Rear camber on group 4 tyres i run 0 deg due to width of tyre, one thing to check on the front end does the steering rack have any tight spots when jacked up with the weight of the wheels. On my Hawk the steering rack platforms had distorted due to welding and was putting a bow effect on the rack body when the clamps were tightend, I over came this by maching the inside of the clamps to a width of 3mm

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    Even with a 345 tyre I would still run with 0.5 degrees of negative. There is so little camber gain on the strut type suspension that as soon as the car rolls in a corner then the wheel will go positive so any negative you can introduce statically IMHO is an advantage. Clearly you would also not run with 1.5 degrees of negative on the road.
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    Re: Transformer arrives in Colchester

    Unless you had to because some jerk ordered the wrong struts of course.......

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    Re: Transformer arrives in Colchester

    Quote Originally Posted by john View Post
    Unless you had to because some jerk ordered the wrong struts of course.......
    Thread Hijack!!
    & Paul used to speak so highly of you!!!!
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    Re: Transformer arrives in Colchester

    Hee hee,, well I'll butt into anyone's conversation. Somebody used to speak highly of me? Oh, that Paul... Now I know you're kidding!

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