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That'll keep you out of mischief for a while Anam.
Take it your shockers are ok then?

Thanks for the advise and source(s). I will contact.

Paul do you have a close up picture or photo of what a 482/1 looks like?
Let there be 'Y's page 116 has a photo
of the Lucas 482/1 but it is difficult to se details.

Come to think of it, it's a bit like hinge and bracket. 🤣🤣🤣🤣.

Before he was a singer. 🤣🤣.

Last week my arse end became rather bouncy on the driver's side. I thought my shocks were shagged.

Then yesterday I looked.


Well my la shock's got loose
Just like a long necked goose
And the way it acts
I almost wouldn't know it's there
Now time's a wasting
Before summer is in the making
I gotta get it fixed...

"-- The new Rain Expert 3 tires seem to be wobbly. -"


Yep exactly what I found when fitted on the rear of my Sprite. Any deviation from a straight path caused the back end to snake, and on bends positively lethal.

But on the front they are really good, both wet and dry. Very odd.

" -- so you'd have to measure initial actual camber and work from there."

Yep the trig is easy, I just haven't got a means to accurately measure my actual camber.


Plumb line and tape measure?

Anam
You know you could calculate offset using trig. Measure vertical distance from ground to where suspension offset adjustment is and that becomes the adjacent side of a right angled triangle. Call it a. If you then want c degrees of camber, then offset = a X tan c, where tan is tangent value.

Of course, this assumes 0 degrees of camber initially so you'd have to measure initial actu...

Over the past quarter century, I've owned many different tires, including:

Firestones were terrible on both wet and dry surfaces.
Michelin Eco tires were excellent in straight lines, a bit less so in corners, but very predictable. The Xas tires were excellent on the road, a bit less so on the track, but now unaffordable.
Uniroyal Rain Expert 2 tires were excellent in straight line...

I put the mk1 fl kit on mine many yonks ago. It was advertised a 2 deg neg. I could feel it compared to the standard Spridget setup. I didn't like it, but more or less got used to it - put up with it.

Then the oilite bushes started showing wear, and it rattled a bit.

I had a very good pair of lever arms, so put those back on. Immediately preferred the steering, -- irrespective of...

Anam

Missing Nigel’s comments here!

For info, have you seen Mamba Motorsport’s plates for introducing camber adjustment using the standard lever arm damper set-up: https://www.mambamotorsport.co.uk/p/midget-adjustable-camber-front-suspension-kit/ (as well as their MGB damper conversion for Spridgets: https://www.mambamotorsport.co.uk/p/midget-to-mgb-damper-conversion-kit/)?