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cuzncletus · 10-19-2015, 11:27 AM

I'm mocking up my 4" drop Model A axle with split A wishbones. It looked to the eye like I had negative camber. When I chucked it all up in a vice, centered the axle, and adjusted the axle so the radius rods were level, using the flats at the top of the spindles and an angle finder, it appears that there's about 10d negative camber in the front spindles.

Questions:

My thought was a Model A axle could be swapped end for end. My steering stops are to the rear with the nuts to the front. Could I have assembled it backwards?

My radius rods are supposed to be Model A's. I had to grind the bottom mounting pad for the radius rods flush with the axle to get the radius rods to fit. Also, the thinner end of the attaching "C" on the end of the radius rod sits forward of the thicker "C" end the spring perch passes through. In other words, with the thin part of the mount on top and the thick on the bottom, the axle has negative camber. Could these rods have been from a different donor? They had been run on a 32 prior to my car but were supposed to have been from an A.

10-19-2015, 11:27 AM	#1
cuzncletus Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Sevierville, Tenn. Posts: 391	A-V8 steering caster I'm mocking up my 4" drop Model A axle with split A wishbones. It looked to the eye like I had negative camber. When I chucked it all up in a vice, centered the axle, and adjusted the axle so the radius rods were level, using the flats at the top of the spindles and an angle finder, it appears that there's about 10d negative camber in the front spindles. Questions: My thought was a Model A axle could be swapped end for end. My steering stops are to the rear with the nuts to the front. Could I have assembled it backwards? My radius rods are supposed to be Model A's. I had to grind the bottom mounting pad for the radius rods flush with the axle to get the radius rods to fit. Also, the thinner end of the attaching "C" on the end of the radius rod sits forward of the thicker "C" end the spring perch passes through. In other words, with the thin part of the mount on top and the thick on the bottom, the axle has negative camber. Could these rods have been from a different donor? They had been run on a 32 prior to my car but were supposed to have been from an A.