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--- In BC-BFLegacyWorks@egroups.com, "JohnnyG" <grilla@i...> wrote:
[snippage]
>
> Fix it... most stock suspension Legacy's chew the edges off their
tyre as it is.

John, that is what is happening to my fronts (L wagon). All four rear
lateral links are tubular. Am I right in thinking of adding a rear
anti-roll bar to try and tame the grinding-off of the front tire
edges? If so, is that a go-to-junkyard-and-get-formed-link kind of
swap?

TIA-

Greg


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Greg,
I am no expert on suspension matters, but what I understand is that there
are some improvements that can be made to the front and rear, that are
mainly to improve handling rather than reduce tyre wear.

If you look at the below Japanese page, and the links from the table (the
frst green background section), you will get the idea... someone who has
gone overboard with stiffening his car! All the braces and bars are
principally to stiffen the handling, but will help to some degree with
reducing the scrubbing off the tyre edges.

http://homepage1.nifty.com/FLAT/quick/bc/bcindex.htm

The main limitation as I see it, is that the stock camber settings are not
really adjustable. Sure, you can have an effect on camber with the overall
stock front and rear adjustments, but not the range that I would like,
unless you go to the system of being able to move the the top anchor point
of the front strut as shown in the above pages.

To set the alignment correctly I would use a shop that has all the right
equipment, and ideally someone who knows the intricacies of setting up Subs
for motorsport applications. Just a simple change of tyre profile will
change the tyre contact footprint, and require realignment.

But even then, Subs tend to sit squat under load (weight or driving hard) so
the problem is still there to some extent. The common solution here in New
Zealand is to get the alignment as best as you can, and then simply to
rotate the tyres left-right as well as front-back.about every 10,000kms...
which is a bit of a pain when using directional tyres as it means demounting
them from the rims.

John Gillon


----- Original Message -----
From: <gw695@angelfire.com>
To: <BC-BFLegacyWorks@egroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2000 8:40 AM
Subject: [BC-BFLegacyWorks] Re: Chewed t(i|y)re edges

> John, that is what is happening to my fronts (L wagon). All four rear
> lateral links are tubular. Am I right in thinking of adding a rear
> anti-roll bar to try and tame the grinding-off of the front tire
> edges? If so, is that a go-to-junkyard-and-get-formed-link kind of
> swap?



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