bobinspain
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| posted on 11/1/12 at 03:50 PM |
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Des Hammill 'Suspension and Brakes'
p16. 'Consider the range of positive castor angles to be between three and six degrees-----positive castor is always the requirement on a car,
negative castor can be dangerous.'
p18 'WARNING! No car should be set with positive castor-----------.Every car should be checked to ensure that there is an amount of negative
castor.'
Now am I missing something here? I must be.
Bought myself this book 'The Sports Car and Kit Car Suspension and Brakes High Performance Manual.' (Self betterment and all that).
Diametrically opposite statements. I think p16 is correct from other reading, but it's no comfort to find I'm 10 minutes into the book and
I'm befuddled already.
Ho-humm. I knew there was a reason I'm non-techie.
Any comments (provided not too disparaging), gratefully received.
Bob.
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 11/1/12 at 04:04 PM |
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Positive castor is what you want, i.e. the upper steering pivot is located further to the rear than the lower one. It's a bit poor that howler
wasn't caught by the proof readers.
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blakep82
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| posted on 11/1/12 at 04:10 PM |
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one wasn't castor and the other camber was it?
seems a bit weird though. have to be honest, i've never really noticed the term positive or negative castor. only just castor... very strange
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Mal
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| posted on 11/1/12 at 05:19 PM |
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Just because it is written in a book does not mean that it is correct.
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matt_gsxr
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| posted on 11/1/12 at 05:42 PM |
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I bought that book and hoped it would tell me some interesting things.
It didn't. Lots of repetition and lost of bleeding obvious. I wouldn't recommend it.
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bobinspain
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| posted on 11/1/12 at 06:16 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mal
Just because it is written in a book does not mean that it is correct.
I've read a lot of Christopher Hitchens, so got that one, but thanks for the tip.
Apropos of my first line, I was given to understand that this was 'the bible.'
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billy
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| posted on 11/1/12 at 08:34 PM |
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Ha ha old DEz lives not far from me, I've met him a lot and he drives around in a mini.he's no expert but dabbled in writing 
luego-lo-cost finished,vauxhall 16v 2.0,twin 45s de-dion rear set up
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bobinspain
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| posted on 11/1/12 at 09:18 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by billy
Ha ha old DEz lives not far from me, I've met him a lot and he drives around in a mini.he's no expert but dabbled in writing
Next time you meet him, please give him a 'genital cuff' from me.
Bob (12 quid lighter plus p&p).
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