<VV> "Racing" WTBRT style

[Louis Armer]

When our "grassroots" project was in it's initial "budget" stage, The 
BEEF team hand selected the very
best 40 year old strut rods and bushings, installed them on our 
95,000 mile +/- drivetrain and went racing !!! <GGG>
Since August of 2003, Scott Trunkhill and I have raced and slowly 
improved WTBRT #112 into a very enjoyable ride.
I still miss the leaning suspension, the smell of burnt oil, and the 
various unidentifiable squeaks and groans from our
"old" #112, but we sure do have fun with the NewBeef mobile and our 
complete budget still remains under $4,500 for
both the OldBeef and the NewBeef racer. We have had over 500 runs in 
the cars and look forward to another 500 without
any mechanical failures!!!<GGG>





At 03:49 PM 12/3/2007, you wrote:
>
>In a message dated 12/3/2007 11:53:28 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
>hyarnell1 at earthlink.net writes:
>
>Bare in  mind, if this adjustment bolt hasn't been moved in the recent past,
>it'll  probably snap off.
>This is often caused (the neg.camber) by rotten sway bar  bushings,
>especially that the transaxle end.
>
>harry  yarnell
>
>
>
>
>You know those Cadillac drivers! <grin> What Harry was trying to say  was:
>bear in mind, the adjustment bolt, especially in Eastern and 
>Northern cars,  is
>prone to "Rusting in Place" and may snap off or, at least, be so deformed or
>lacking in the partial threads it originally had, that you are likely to have
>to  replace it, the nut and maybe the crazy washer, in order to successfully
>adjust  the camber. There are no rear sway bar bushings on a stock 
>Corvair, (no
>rear  sway bar, either) I think Harry was referring to the rubber inserts in
>the lower  control arms -the sideways arms that connect the trailing arms to
>the  differential. They can be attacked by fluids. The ones just to 
>the  sides
>of the differential are often semi-dissolved from a combination of engine
>oil, diff lube, and - in automatics - ATF. They can resemble black 
>chewing gum.
>When in bad shape, the inner tube liner often moves sideways (relatively
>speaking) under the standing suspension load, causing additional 
>negative  camber.
>You might be able to adjust it out, but if the bushing is in bad shape,  it
>is time for a replacement. If the springs are sagging, it will also  affect
>camber. Check the specs and replace them or go racing! Your choice! -  Seth
>Emerson
>
>
>
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