Part 4 - FRONT SUSPENSION, STEERING, HUBS & BRAKES
FRONT SUSPENSION
Car Wandering
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Front shock absorber
too tight
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Lightly grease wooden
discs ?
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Use single shock
absorber link mod (see A7 Companion)
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Spring U bolts
loose/broken
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Lack of toe in
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Buckled wheels
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Tyre Pressures
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Loose radius
arms/centre bolt
Spring Leaves Out
of Line
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Clips loose
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Centre bolt not tight
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Worn leaves
Bouncing
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Shockers ineffective -
rubbers worn /tension
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Adjust to one bounce
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Double shocker plate is
good mod on front
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Tyre pressures
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Unbalanced front wheels
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Cheap tyres!
Hard ride
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Most solutions are the
opposite of Bouncing!
STEERING
Too much play in
wheel
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Adjust steering box
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See our website/see A7
Companion
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Could be bushes worn
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Could turn gear 1/3 on
early box to present unworn area
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Ultimate job is to lap
gears with grinding paste – very long job!
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Check track rod
ends/draglink ends
Wandering
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Worn kingpins and
bushes
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Wheel bearings
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No toe in/lack of
castor – shim/twist radius arms (see A7 Companion)
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Rear spring set too
high – Ian Dunford has correct dimensions for all springs
Stiff steering
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Kingpin seized
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Castor angle
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Box too tight –
adjusted in middle not at both ends
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Tyre damage/wheel
balance
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Loose wheel nuts
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Worn drag link
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Box too tight
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Castor angle
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Check clamp on early
car
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Keep centre nut tight
on steering wheel
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Splines worn – use
Loctite filler – oil spline to prevent sticking
Safety -
Always
look immediately at any sudden change!
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Worn wheel bearings
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Loose/broken spokes
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Wheel nuts
loose/worn/stripped
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Wheel nut seating worn
or painted (remove new paint to provide metal to metal)
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Wheel studs
broken/loose
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Half shaft nut
/taper/key/bearing nut/hub screws – one or more loose
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Down to brake rivets
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Worn cam bearings
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Broken pull off spring
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New shoes not chamfered
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Grit between shoe and
drum
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Beware bonding on alloy
coming apart
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Oval drum
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No chamfer/ linings
loose/broken pull off spring
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Worn cams and bushes
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Slacken off front
brakes
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Levers on wrong way
round – should be ball facing backplate
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Rear hub loose on key
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Play in torque
tube/anchor
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Slacken off adjustment!