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Post by wannabe on Nov 2, 2017 22:59:59 GMT
Shouldn't have any vagueness unless its not welded, or you have play in bushes/balljoints/steering arms. You won't be able to twist the shaft in your hands, clamp one end lightly in a vice and get a pair of grips on the other end of the shaft and you'll see the twist in it. Is quite a lot of movement for such a small piece! Thanks for the advice  As I am a mechanical failure I'll ask my usual chap to check it when servicing! I think (hope) it might be something else in that list - nearside front clonks when it goes light over a crest and then has weight back on it again, feeling especially vague and wandering around if turning as well. Feeling like it may throw you into a ditch at any moment does temper one's speed.... |
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Post by minty on Nov 3, 2017 7:33:47 GMT
320 front and 330 back would be about perfect I reckons. IIRC a lot go for 310 front 320 back.
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Post by melx5 on Nov 3, 2017 8:52:09 GMT
Shouldn't have any vagueness unless its not welded, or you have play in bushes/balljoints/steering arms. You won't be able to twist the shaft in your hands, clamp one end lightly in a vice and get a pair of grips on the other end of the shaft and you'll see the twist in it. Is quite a lot of movement for such a small piece! Thanks for the advice As I am a mechanical failure I'll ask my usual chap to check it when servicing! I think (hope) it might be something else in that list - nearside front clonks when it goes light over a crest and then has weight back on it again, feeling especially vague and wandering around if turning as well. Feeling like it may throw you into a ditch at any moment does temper one's speed.... Have you checked the suspension, could the clunk you describe be the shock topping out or the spring not sitting correctly on its seat? As for vagueness, if you push the car closer to its limits, does it start to feel better? |
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Post by martiny on Nov 3, 2017 11:01:06 GMT
'Standard' height varied over the years. My old copy of Ron Grainger's book lists suspension settings for a range of heights in 5 bands from about 325mm to 375mm (-ish). Can't remember without looking it up but it was something like that range. I can check the right numbers later but from memory rear should be higher by about 10-20mm and no more than 10mm variation side to side.
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Post by wannabe on Nov 3, 2017 12:17:53 GMT
Thanks for the advice As I am a mechanical failure I'll ask my usual chap to check it when servicing! I think (hope) it might be something else in that list - nearside front clonks when it goes light over a crest and then has weight back on it again, feeling especially vague and wandering around if turning as well. Feeling like it may throw you into a ditch at any moment does temper one's speed.... Have you checked the suspension, could the clunk you describe be the shock topping out or the spring not sitting correctly on its seat? As for vagueness, if you push the car closer to its limits, does it start to feel better? It sometimes feels like something is moving out of place and then back into place, such as when moving from reverse into first and pulling away, so I'm wondering if something is not tightened properly. I don't think it's the spring because the steering feels like something has moved when it does it!
It also does it when on lock and driving over the lip of a dropped kerb into a driveway, so perhaps it's just a loose top mount. I need someone to strap themselves to the side of the car and have a look as I drive around  lol
Once settled into a long corner, such as on a sweeping A-road, it's pretty settled, but on a country road with a high crown or changing camber mid corner, it wanders and lurches about of its own accord. If you hold the wheel in one position on a straight bit, the front end follows the road changes rather than tracking straight and true across them, which means the car tells you where it wants to go, not vice versa!
It just means you can't trust it, which is not ideal when at speed and/or on a narrow road.
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Post by wannabe on Nov 3, 2017 12:19:08 GMT
'Standard' height varied over the years. My old copy of Ron Grainger's book lists suspension settings for a range of heights in 5 bands from about 325mm to 375mm (-ish). Can't remember without looking it up but it was something like that range. I can check the right numbers later but from memory rear should be higher by about 10-20mm and no more than 10mm variation side to side.
Thanks for the info
I think mine's actually slightly lower at the rear, but that's probably due to all the stuff in the boot  lol
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le sigh