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roverman
Art Gertz
Winchester, CA.
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How to get positive caster ?
Posted by: roverman
Date: January 05, 2021 12:56PM

VW Bug, king pin front suspension. I believe upper/lower control arms, are equal length, so no roll caster-gain. I suspect tilting whole suspension assembly, rearward at top, will generate static positive caster. Anyone familiar with this suspension ?
Thanks, Art.


BlownMGB-V8
Jim Blackwood
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Re: How to get positive caster ?
Posted by: BlownMGB-V8
Date: January 05, 2021 05:34PM

The arms were oriented so they pivot along the cross axis of the car and I believe they were all four the same length A torsion bar inside one of the two cross tubes handled the spring load and was adjusted with a center bolt for height. Caster was dependent on the angle of the brackets that the tubes were bolted to.

Jim


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