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Monkeh

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18th Oct, 2008 at 10:03:02pm

Were having trouble setting up the caster on my mini. ive got the Minispares adjustable bottom arms fitted aswell as the Avonbar on car adjustable tie rods.
I took it to a tyre centre as they have laser alignment. When it came to adjusting the caster, for some reason we couldnt get it to come down much. started with about 9 degrees on one wheel and 6 degrees on the other. tried adjusting the bottom arm and tie rod at the same time but it just wouldnt go any lower, even with the tie rod at full length... i just dont get it. Ive got the special offset bushes in the bottom arms, could these be too stiff not allowing the tie rod to push the arm back?
is there something were missing?
any help would be great.

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18th Oct, 2008 at 10:21:16pm

theres your first mistake, you took it to your local tyre shop tp have the work done, do you know if they have ever used the lazer thing before,

if you are altering the lengh of the tie rods , you are altering the castor, its a simple law of physics,

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Monkeh

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19th Oct, 2008 at 12:26:03pm

hes usually quite good i just guess he hasnt got a clue about anything other than your typical macpherson strutted car.

i think ill just get one of those magnetic castor/camber gauges and do it myself

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19th Oct, 2008 at 02:18:26pm

some machines show caster in a frozen caster reading rather than live. if it is frozen castor then he would have had to perform a new castor swing to get the new readings after adjusting the rod. but im sure he should know that.

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On 28th Nov, 2008 Sprocket said:
Oh now that is a long shaft you have Carl.

Rob H

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19th Oct, 2008 at 02:21:01pm

Out of interest does that car feel any different to drive having shortened the tie rods?

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10th Nov, 2008 at 11:46:58pm

Book me to set your car up *wink*

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11th Nov, 2008 at 12:17:30am

thes guys at the local tyre bays etc havent a clue........ there ok with prams and wheel barrows *hehe!*

do a search on here its been coverd






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11th Nov, 2008 at 10:39:14am

I made that mistake, a tyre shop near me tried to tell me that the adjustable tie rods could not be adjusted and that they were anti roll bars.


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11th Nov, 2008 at 01:54:13pm



On 19th Oct, 2008 Rob H said:
Out of interest does that car feel any different to drive having shortened the tie rods?
When I did mine it made the car feel lazy at the front. Although my front end has rose joints on the tie bars and lower arms I have left the dimensional set up at standard.

Edited by Mr Joshua on 11th Nov, 2008.

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