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Interesting castor adjustment?
Mark Allanson - 18/6/06 at 01:21 PM

Anyone know what is going on here? Rescued attachment Adjustable CastorSML.jpg
Rescued attachment Adjustable CastorSML.jpg

gary gsx - 18/6/06 at 01:29 PM

Whats that on mark? Its a tidy idea

stevec - 18/6/06 at 02:16 PM

Its a guess but it looks a bit Japanese.
Steve.

nitram38 - 18/6/06 at 02:31 PM

Are you sure it alters castor?
The ball joint pin is still bolted into the casting. Adjusting the bolt would only alter the ball joint position in relation to the upright. The wishbone centers would still be the same.
It is hard to see if the plate moves within the upright though, from the photo, so I could be wrong.

[Edited on 18/6/2006 by nitram38]

gazza285 - 18/6/06 at 03:27 PM

Its a a VW Transporter T4 set up and it is to adjust the camber.

Mark Allanson - 18/6/06 at 08:14 PM

quote:
Originally posted by gazza285
Its a a VW Transporter T4 set up and it is to adjust the camber.


It certainly is, I will be replacing it all tomorrow as it was hit at speed by a car whilst the van was on full left lock, snapped the bottom balljoint like a carrot!

I thought a castor adjustment could be designed on the same principle, it would make life a lot simpler

MikeRJ - 21/6/06 at 01:10 PM

To adjust castor you need to physicaly move the upper balljoint back or forwards in relation to the lower one. If that scheme was adapted to move the upright back and forwards with relation to the balljoint then it would be essentialy the same as the Sierra upright offset mushroom adpaters.