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1966 2door saloon
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 2:17 pm
by MCHARDY-SMITH
before fitting 2 new front tyres next Tuesday garage has asked for tracking alignment settings,due to wrong camber wear on old tyres,can you pls advise full alignment specs/details, thanks
Re: 1966 2door saloon
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 3:47 pm
by bmcecosse
Well - first check needs to be for wear and tear in the steering and front suspension. And if present - rectify before fitting tyres. As the cars left the factory - they had slight +ve camber on the front wheels (leaning out slightly at the top). We now have radial ply tyres - and a better setting is 'dead upright' or even slight negative camber (leaning in slightly at the top). Setting this involves stripping the front suspension and adding washers behind the eyebolt...so not a particularly easy task, especially if the suspension hasn't been apart for quite some time...... But worth checking in case there is excessive camber either way. Assuming all ok - the toe-IN setting should be 1/8". Tyre pressures need to be ~ 30/32 psi with 145 x 14 tyres. I hope they are not supplying 155 tyres - which are too wide for the standard 3.5" wide wheels......
Welcome to the forum by the way!!
