Suspension Setup Specialist In The South.

[mickpond]

A few weeks ago I posted a topic titled "Suspension Setup specialist". The ride and handling on my RH was terrible. I had bad Bump Steer where, if I hit a bump, the wheel would leave the ground and when it landed would veer off. It was unpredictable and would sometimes go right and sometimes left. Result was I had to grip the steering wheel tightly and was constantly correcting.

 

There were a couple of places that members have recommended but both were around Birmingham about 150 miles away. I decided to try one further South in the hope of adding a closer one to the recommended list. I found one at Kemble near Cirencester (80 miles from me) and booked it in.

 

They found and corrected the following:

Camber - NS cambered in 10 mm, OS cambered out 5 mm (Should be very slightly cambered in).

Tracking - 10 mm Toed in (should be straight ahead).

They also found the Steering rack Tie rod ends were different lengths and so were the top Wishbones. Additionally they lowered the front ride height so that (they said) the wind would tend to push the front down as apposed to trying to lift it. It has also reduced the spring pre-tension and given me a slightly softer ride. The transformation is amazing. The car is a joy to drive. Took them just under 3 hours and cost £250 including VAT.

 

So, I can highly recommend them. Details are:

Neil Garner Motorsport.

Unit 8. Kemble business Park.

Nr Malmesbury.

SN16 9SH

01666 577449

 

Cheers. Mick.

 

 

[nelmo]

Good result :-)

 

Not wishing to blow my own trumpet but I think I replied on your previous post telling you to check toe-in :-). I had similar problems to you and just correcting the toe-in solved it for me.

 

Different length wishbones? Is that intentional? Seems wrong on a symmetrical chassis?

[cb750]

Glad you are sorted. What was the castor angle did they set it to?

[Bob Tucker]

The end of the upper wishbone (IIRC) has an adjustable transit drop link specifically to set camber.

Most likely one was further in than the other.

Just guessing!!

If the wishbones themselves were different lengths........hmmm.

Has anyone else thought to measure theirs?

I'm just off to the garage.....lol

[nelmo]

adjustable transit drop link

 

If by that you mean a screw-in angle joint, then yeah

 

My wishbones are definitely equal length because I remember trying to work out if it mattered which side they went on as I couldn't see any difference between the 2.

[Bob Tucker]

Typo... not drop link but drag link...

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[cb750]

Original Camber - NS cambered in 10 mm, OS cambered out 5 mm. If they measured to the centre of the balljoint (drag link) then there would effectively be different length wishbones as there is 15mm difference between the two?