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17-07-22, 12:51 PM
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very nice work Jeff. Looks like you have a great...
very nice work Jeff.
Looks like you have a great workshop!
Kevin
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17-07-22, 07:52 AM
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Kevin H
Brian, I also thought the fulcrum brackets...
Brian,
I also thought the fulcrum brackets appeared to be flimsy considering their purpose when the holes in the crossmember are elongated. However, my knowledge of the forces at work in a suspension...
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17-07-22, 05:28 AM
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Kevin H
jeff02740 When you did the work on your front...
jeff02740
When you did the work on your front suspension was the sloping distance piece on top of the spring still there and the rubber spring seat?
On later cars there is also a steel washer...
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8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
17-07-22, 04:54 AM
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Kevin H
I found some photos from when my 411 S5 front...
I found some photos from when my 411 S5 front suspension was restored in 2001. You can see in one of the images that the holes in the crossmember subframe which the upper wishbone bolts go through to...
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8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
16-07-22, 03:35 AM
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Kevin H
jeff02740, I didn't mean to suggest that you had...
jeff02740, I didn't mean to suggest that you had made a mistake - I didn't realise that you had completely disassembled the front suspension - but at some time in the car's history it might have been...
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8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
15-07-22, 04:02 PM
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408 With Negative Camber
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Kevin H
Yes, of course! These are hand built cars so...
Yes, of course!
These are hand built cars so every one is set up individually. When we were dismantling the front suspension on my 411, the service manager at Bristol suggested we take great care to...
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8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
15-07-22, 03:55 PM
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408 With Negative Camber
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Kevin H
jeff02740, another thing that just came to mind...
jeff02740, another thing that just came to mind is that the flexible part of wishbone bushes could be badly deteriorated. That would affect the camber.
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8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
15-07-22, 03:09 PM
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Kevin H
jeff02740, I believe the "inner mounting plates"...
jeff02740, I believe the "inner mounting plates" you refer to are what Bristol call the "fulcrum brackets" which you can see numbered 2&3 in this diagram...
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8 & 10 cyl Bristol cars
14-07-22, 11:34 PM
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Kevin H
The 408 was originally set up with: Toe-in 1/8...
The 408 was originally set up with:
Toe-in 1/8 inch
Camber angle 0 degrees
Castor angle 1 degree nominal
Ten years ago I wrote the following in another discussion thread - I'm pretty sure the...
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