At the beginning of August I took the Europa for a four wheel alignment. It takes two cars as you also need to bring 300 or so lbs of ballast! I had already set the toe front and back and rough adjusted the rear camber (twin link). Up on the rack we find my included angle and camber are out on the front right; and, that, while my rear toe is correct, there was 0.76° rear thrust! Back home again and I order new front uprights, spindles and steering arms from Rimmers — if one is bent and the other is 50 years old, replace both. Once they arrive and are fitted, I check the camber and it’s still almost a half degree off on the right. I put adjustable upper arms on order from Banks. In the mean time I slot the upper right arms (9/64ths if you must ask), set the camber to spec and then tack weld the washers in place so the adjustment is permanent. At the rear I shim the radius arms to suit using a long alloy extrusion to see where each rear wheel points. I tweak them so that each rear wheel points to the same place on the tire in front.
Back to alignment shop today. On the way there it feels every so slightly twitchy when turning to the right (with vigour). Up on the rack and I’m damn close. At the rear I just need to remove 2 washers on the right and it’s perfect. At the front I back off the RH tie-rod a 1/4 turn and we’re good to go.
I get home, unload the sand bags, refit the seats, add one enthusiastic friend and…
John
