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Re: Is there a fix for wheel wobble on stock suspension? [Re: WadeMetzinger] #2608599
01/18/19 02:51 PM
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Limiting front suspension travel (EXT) can cause problems with Caltrac cars. Calvert asks for a minimum of 5" I believe, which may necessitate the cutting down of bump stops. Basically we're asking the suspension to move in a range they were never designed for


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Re: Is there a fix for wheel wobble on stock suspension? [Re: WadeMetzinger] #2608600
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No issue cutting the bump stop. Travel and shock dampening are two seperate tuning windows. You can still use tight shock settings with a lot of travel. A car that is real nose heavy and or a very long wheelbase may like a lot of travel. For what it's worth. On my 64 Belvedere I tested removing the bump stops. It was only worth 1/2" increase in travel at the wheel.
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Re: Is there a fix for wheel wobble on stock suspension? [Re: WadeMetzinger] #2608608
01/18/19 03:03 PM
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The red Cuda with the camber change: lengthen the upper arms (Jack Arnew was the guy on that back in the day) and/or adding bump stop height.
He did the front end on my Duster back in its SS days in the '70s. Basically widened them to move the spindle to a more vertical orientation.
Side effect is I can get over 7 degrees + caster. Car goes straight as a string & no issues when the tires come back down to earth.

Re: Is there a fix for wheel wobble on stock suspension? [Re: WadeMetzinger] #2608668
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Originally Posted By csk
looks like the upper bump stops are gone, or have been cut down

Originally Posted By WadeMetzinger
My upper bump stops are cut down to almost down to the numb for more travel.


Mine are as well. I actually have some low profile poly ones in there but they just barely touch the arm at full droop, I should probably just take them out and save the lbs.


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Re: Is there a fix for wheel wobble on stock suspension? [Re: WadeMetzinger] #2608773
01/18/19 09:39 PM
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The AMX I race used to have the front tire wobble, but since I rebuilt the front end, installed heim joints on the strut rods, and did a alignment is has been good.

Re: Is there a fix for wheel wobble on stock suspension? [Re: WadeMetzinger] #2608855
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Also remember Caster is relative to frame angle. A 2 degree rake with 3 degrees of caster will be 5 degrees when the car is at speed and level. Mine runs 2 1/2 degree of caster with 2 degrees of rake. Drives perfect at 150
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Re: Is there a fix for wheel wobble on stock suspension? [Re: WadeMetzinger] #2608901
01/19/19 04:23 AM
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Make sure you have no worm out, bent or broken pieces up front, I doubt you will find anything but check for sure. But looks like typical bumpsteer to me. Lots of ways to fix it..

Did a quick search and this is a decent explanation of what it is and does. It can easily be measured on your car and then can be addressed a few ways, may not be able to TOTALLY get it out but can be made better.


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