Re: Alignment

[Kneale Brownson <knotnook@traverse.com>]

At 11:41 PM 10/13/99 +0100, Jim Haseltine wrote:
>I'm not commenting on the accuracy or validity of any set up or measurements
>here.
>
>We have :-
>
>Car A, aligned to Audi specifications (vehicle unladen, 1/4 tank etc) which
>does not appear to exhibit a particular handling phenomenon ('spider bite',
>'something strange' - call it what you will).
>
>Car B, aligned to similar specifications (but with the vehicle loaded to
>driver weight) which appears to exhibit a particular handling phenomenon
>('spider bite', 'something strange' - call it what you will).
>
>Following the argument that the rubber components in the suspension distort
>when the car is loaded, car A will have a different alignment when driven,
>whereas any change in the alignment of car B will be much smaller, perhaps
>very close to no change.
>
>Could this be why car A doesn't bite but car B does?
>May be there are valid reasons behind the Audi specifications after all. Of
>course the one thing that we can't do is to drive car A without adding a
>drivers weight and see if it bites - telekinesis anybody?
>
>Jim Haseltine
>
Could it be that team doorhandle designed the suspension to account for
such things as the average driven load, the crown of the road, tire wear, etc?

Kneale Brownson