lee Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 Chaps I wonder whether anyone can throw some light on this problem I have a 1970 TR6 that although a little scruffy to my usually fussy eye the body appears never to have been off the chassis. However the wheels on the offside seem to sit further under the arches in terms off apparent offset than the N/S. All wheels are identical and the chassis seems to line up at various points with the body symetrically (under the arches etc) yet the wheels dont... Anyone out there got or had a similar problem. Lee Quote Link to post Share on other sites
naumann Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 I had a similar problem on my 1969 tr6 until I replaced the springs and rubbers. I guess if its been driven without a passenger then the offside takes more of the stress and tends to sag a bit more. When I replaced the springs the front offside had a noticeable curve on it and the rubber collars were in a very poor condition almost no rubber left. Hope this helps Geoff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ron Posted June 11, 2004 Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 I think this is probably quite common and is due to poor original manufacturing tolerances, it's worse on some cars than others. Ron Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lee Posted June 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2004 naumann The car sits level and all the camber angles look good...the wheels are sitting too far in on one side not too far tucked up under the arch. lee Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Richard Crawley Posted June 14, 2004 Report Share Posted June 14, 2004 Lee, it sounds as if the body is not sitting correctly on the chassis but why this should be so is difficult to say. Manufacturing/assembly tolerances did vary as Ron says but I don't think even BL were bad enough for it to be obvious to the naked eye! Has the car been restored? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Nigel Davies Posted June 14, 2004 Report Share Posted June 14, 2004 I had exactly same problem, which I only discovered when I tried to fit wider 'minilite' type wheels. On suspension compression they would occasssionally touch the inside of wheelarch on drivers side. I had checked in local garage and whilst they agreed there was a difference could see nothing wrong to cause it. The solution was to fit spacers on both sides. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ron Posted June 14, 2004 Report Share Posted June 14, 2004 Manufacturing/assembly tolerances did vary as Ron says but I don't think even BL were bad enough for it to be obvious to the naked eye! Richard You have higher opinion of BL than me!! ??? Ron Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lee Posted June 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 No the car is unrestored or at least the body has never been off. I too have fitted spacers to overcome the problem. Just a bit puzzled. Strangely enough I have an original RHD Beetle Karmann again urestored and one rear wheel is probably 25mm further in on one side. Lee Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ron Posted June 16, 2004 Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 This is also a problem with the rear arch clearance of MGBs which gets aired quite regularly on their boards by people who have fitted a wire wheel conversion or wider wheels, I can't remember which side it is but it always seems the same way. Ron Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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