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Post-War Other Herald rear suspension progress

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mike crane

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Yesterday a friend and I rebuilt the rear suspension of my '63 Herald. As I had reported recently it had a serious positive camber condition. We installed a 3/4" aluminum spacer block under the spring and replaced all the bushings. Also added a camber compensator supplied by Joe Curry. Now have nearly neutral camber and much more effective tire footprint. The spacer block did lower the rear but as it was jacked up it leveled the heighth perfectly. The 175/7013 Avid T4s on the minilites fill the wheel wells nicely. No rubbing. As it was spitting snow when we got done last night I was only able to move it enough to settle the suspension. I am sure the camber compensator will be an effective upgrade. Now on to the dash and wiring.
Mike Crane
'63 Herald 1200
'71 TR6
 
Sounds good, Mike. I'll be curious to hear results of any "road testing"!

I've been running 175/70R13s on 4.5" GT6 steel wheels for several years on my '62 1200 sedan. Seems to have worked out just fine, as have the Konis on the otherwise bone-stock rear end. Someday, the front might get Konis as well, and I'll consider a camber compensator if I ever get around to sorting through the piles I have to make up a complete "original" one. (Or I can just steal the "good" one off my Spitfire 4 autocross car, which isn't likely to see any autocross or any other action for a few more years....)
 
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