discount tyres dan Posted August 20, 2006 Report Share Posted August 20, 2006 i have set geoms on a few of the these now as they have been re-called to have new track rod ends fitted, basicly we are donig them for our local dealer because they dont have the equipment, anyway on the first 5 or 6 everything started off fine (albeit fiddly) rear camber, rear toe, thrust line, until i got to the front, there just wasnt enough adjustment to bing the caster in, always remained about 20' out of spec. at the end of last month we got the latest update for our hunter machine and the specs on the font caster have changed and the tollerence increased, what im thinking is in a few thousand miles are these cars going to be killing tyres as landrover hasnt cured the problem just hidden it for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted August 20, 2006 Report Share Posted August 20, 2006 i have set geoms on a few of the these now as they have been re-called to have new track rod ends fitted, basicly we are donig them for our local dealer because they dont have the equipment, anyway on the first 5 or 6 everything started off fine (albeit fiddly) rear camber, rear toe, thrust line, until i got to the front, there just wasnt enough adjustment to bing the caster in, always remained about 20' out of spec.at the end of last month we got the latest update for our hunter machine and the specs on the font caster have changed and the tollerence increased, what im thinking is in a few thousand miles are these cars going to be killing tyres as landrover hasnt cured the problem just hidden it for now. Interesting dan... First whats wrong with the track rod ends? Second the Castor position is it to positive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discount tyres dan Posted August 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2006 i havw no idea why they are changing the ends but i couldnt get the camber positive enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted August 20, 2006 Report Share Posted August 20, 2006 i havw no idea why they are changing the ends but i couldnt get the camber positive enough Camber or Castor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discount tyres dan Posted August 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2006 i havw no idea why they are changing the ends but i couldnt get the camber positive enough Camber or Castor? my bad.. i meant castor all along Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted August 21, 2006 Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 i havw no idea why they are changing the ends but i couldnt get the camber positive enough Camber or Castor? my bad.. i meant castor all along Castor then.... 20' is not the end of the World, why does this represent a problem to them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discount tyres dan Posted August 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 simply that the car isnt within the factory spec, printouts were coming out saying the car wasnt spot on, now they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 simply that the car isnt within the factory spec, printouts were coming out saying the car wasnt spot on, now they are. Out of interest dan are the cars showing tyre wear due to the Castor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discount tyres dan Posted August 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 the highest milage one we have done so far is about 5000 so kind of hard to tell yet, seem ok so far though, should hope so too for nearly £250 per front tyre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted August 28, 2006 Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 the highest milage one we have done so far is about 5000 so kind of hard to tell yet, seem ok so far though, should hope so too for nearly £250 per front tyre Can you keep us apprised of this situation since you are in the loop. It would be interesting for wim to be able to retain the initial mistake and use this information in the future should this require help for the owners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discount tyres dan Posted August 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2006 yeah no probs.. i'll keep an eye on tyre wear and milage and report back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discount tyres dan Posted September 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 i dug out an old print out, this came from a car with 1400 miles on the clock. the first is the before readings http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3513555 the second is the after http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3513554 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted October 1, 2006 Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 i dug out an old print out, this came from a car with 1400 miles on the clock. the first is the before readings http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3513555 the second is the after http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3513554 Albeit lower than spec the Castor positions are reasonable for a vehicle of this type... do you have any data for the KPI/SJI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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