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Old 02-15-2017, 03:20 PM
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Now to the front suspension –

Front tire camber is really easy to set on a Kirkham. The lower control arm has these neat adjustments at the attachment to the frame. The rod ends can be pulled in or out of the control arm by turning the hex heads on the lower arm, as in the picture. In addition, by varying how much the forward or rear rod end is moved, can adjust caster (the forward rod end should be extended out further to decrease caster). At least I think that is how it works, and it worked well for me.

I could even make these adjustments with the car on the ground, as long as I had cardboard on my vinyl tile, so the tires slide really easily. I think if I jacked up the car, I might have to roll it to settle the suspension, but once on the ground, suspension changes don’t seem to need the rolling back and forth since my floor is so slippery and the car is pretty light, even with engine in.
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