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Re: [VAC] Axle camber

I have resisted until now, because I thought common sense would prevail,
which it has not.   The bent tube of the Henschen axle has nothing to do
with camber or caster, because the  arms at the frame  align themselves
according to the angle of the frame, where they are bolted to it.  That
square tube is simply a housing for the rubber billets that surround a
spindle that is attached to the trailing arms that are attached to the
backing plates and drums and wheels.  Axle alignment is more complex
than bending that tube.   Now a solid axle like the pre-1961 axles are a
different story.

Bill Scott
61 Bambi, VAC & WBCCI #3221
1VP & Membership Chairman , WDCU
http://www.servintfree.net/wbcci-dc/