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RE: [T3] Caster angle ? left = right?


On 28 Sep 2001, at 16:28, Brian R Worboys wrote:

> If you do get a chance to work this out I would really appreciate your
> findings.

> I don't think that it maters if one wheel is a few mm ahead of the other..
> but if it is only the bottom link which is staggered, and not the top, then
> the "king-pin" line will be different for right and left and this would
> affect the self-centering so it would be different left/right. Something
> must be built in to correct this somewhere.

I don't think there's any chance that the suspension geometries are 
different on the 2 sides. From what others have said, it sounds like 
the 2 sides are actually symmetrical. I don't know when I'll have my 
next chance to look at a front axle beam, but I'll try to remember 
your question.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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