Spitfire Spitfire Mk3 Rear Wheel FREE CAMBER VALUE

[britishcarfreak]

A friend of mine is having his mk3 rear spring de-arched and re-tempered. The company doing the work has asked for the free camber value of the rear wheels.

I assume this is the amount the wheel cambers when the car is on jack stands.

Can someone give me the answer of what it should have been when it left the factory?

 

[vagt6]

Glen, a probable source of that camber number is your Bentley manual. I don't have mine right here to check, but it may have the info you seek.

Please let us know, I having major alignment work done on my GT6 soon and would appreciate the info.

Thanks!

 

[Bugeye58]

The GT6 numbers for the swing spring cars are 0 plus or minus 1 degree, static unladen. I'm assuming this means an empty vehicle sitting on the ground. The toe is 1/16" to 1/8" toe out.
The rotoflex numbers are the same on the camber, but the toe changes to 0 plus or minus 1/32" toe out.
The loaded numbers (full fuel, 2 occupants) are 2 1/2, + - 1/2 degree negative , and 0 to 1/16" toe IN for the swing spring, and the same for the rotoflex cars, but there the toe changes to 1/16" to 1/8" toe in. Hope this helps a little. BTW, this is from the original factory manual.
Jeff

 

[Bugeye58]

Glen, I can't find the free camber numbers anywhere. The static alignment camber specs are 1 degree negative, + - 1 degree at kerb weight, and the toe is 1/32" to 3/32" toe out.

Laden, (full fuel, two up) it changes to 3 3/4 degree negative camber, + - 1 degree, and 0 to 1/16" toe IN.
Jeff

 

[britishcarfreak]

We went with the 1deg neg value. My friend found that his spring was giving him issues because 1 leaf had broken.

Thanks everyone.