Fmiser wrote:
> rumor has it that David wrote:
>
>> A danger in this type of suspension is if the camber angle becomes too
>> extreme the contact patch can get very small as the tire rides up on the
>> edge of its tread. This was part of the reason Corvairs (which also had
>> swing-axle rear s
rumor has it that David wrote:
> A danger in this type of suspension is if the camber angle becomes too
> extreme the contact patch can get very small as the tire rides up on the
> edge of its tread. This was part of the reason Corvairs (which also had
> swing-axle rear suspensions) had such s
Zoltan Finks wrote:
Not to re-route the thread, but it seems that on some vehicles, there is
"wheel tilt" (for lack of the proper jargon) designed in intentionally. The
most dramatic example I can think of is the Baja bugs - Volkswagon Bugs
converted to a dune buggy-type setup. Wheel top tilted o
There is some negative camber designed in to provide better tire patch
on hard cornering, and usually the negative camber increases as the
wheel moves up to compensate for body roll. On the W124 it's visible
but not dramatic when the suspension is in good shape. When the spring
link bushings
Not to re-route the thread, but it seems that on some vehicles, there is
"wheel tilt" (for lack of the proper jargon) designed in intentionally. The
most dramatic example I can think of is the Baja bugs - Volkswagon Bugs
converted to a dune buggy-type setup. Wheel top tilted out in this case if I
r
It was a 4xx (420, 460? I forget) SEL and the thing I wanted to ask
about
420 SEL, no doubt.
pertains to the drivers side rear wheel which was canted over with the
top of the wheel stuffed into the wheelwell. I've seen this sort of
behavior
A camber problem like that can also be the resul
Broken spring. Fairly common in areas where salt is used a lot. Could
also be the W126 rusting control arm syndrom.
Peter
I see that often too on the older Benzes -- saw one the other day and
wondered the same thng -- except here in Houston it could be that they
are heavily loaded with "undocumented" Mexican/South American
agricultural products (or people, or both).
--R
John Berryman wrote:
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