Mark Allanson
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| posted on 18/6/06 at 01:21 PM |
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Interesting castor adjustment?
Anyone know what is going on here?
 
Rescued attachment Adjustable CastorSML.jpg
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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gary gsx
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| posted on 18/6/06 at 01:29 PM |
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Whats that on mark? Its a tidy idea
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stevec
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| posted on 18/6/06 at 02:16 PM |
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Its a guess but it looks a bit Japanese.
Steve.
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nitram38
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| posted on 18/6/06 at 02:31 PM |
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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]
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gazza285
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| posted on 18/6/06 at 03:27 PM |
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Its a a VW Transporter T4 set up and it is to adjust the camber.
DO NOT PUT ON KNOB OR BOLLOCKS!
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 18/6/06 at 08:14 PM |
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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
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 21/6/06 at 01:10 PM |
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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.
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