[Rovernet] 1967 P6 TC2000

Dermot Harvey roverman2 at verizon.net
Wed Apr 27 16:22:42 EDT 2016


Yes, I had a similar experience many years ago with my 1969 P6. The  
car had been slightly sideswiped by a fire truck whilst parked with  
its wheels against the kerb. The camber of one of the front wheels  
was off, and that tire wore very unevenly. I ended up adjusting it by  
shimming the suspension mounting towers. It took a long time and much  
trial and error, but eventually I got it right. It is not a job for  
the faint of heart!

Dermot Harvey in Devon, England.


On Apr 27, 2016, at 8:16 PM, Vern Klukas via Rovernet wrote:

> That’s the way it works, except for the Nylocks. There are only  
> bolts. That just sounds like a 20-year old memory mistake though,  
> not a serious error.
>
> Yours
> Vern
>> On Apr 27, 2016, at 12:06 PM, peter king via Rovernet  
>> <rovernet at rovernet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Gord,
>>
>> I was just reading about P6 camber recently on the classic rover  
>> forum, ( https://classicroverforum.net/index.php?threads/camber- 
>> adjustment.24822/ ) and found this entry from 2008:
>>
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>> "In the workshop manuals, it states that the camber for the P6/P6B  
>> is not adjustable, and is set at 0 degrees plus/minus 1 degree.
>>
>> Many owners remark that their cars suffer from uneven front tyre  
>> wear, usually the outsides exhibiting more tread wear then the  
>> insides.
>>
>> My Rover was displaying the same problem, and in 1988 I took the  
>> car to a truck steering specialist. The gent there was only too  
>> happy to help. He had a close look and said that the "toe in"  
>> needed adjusting and the camber was out. The "toe in" was adjusted  
>> via the track rod, but to my knowledge made no further changes.
>>
>> The tyre wear issue remained and in 1990 I took the car to another  
>> steering specialsit, this time one that specifically worked with  
>> cars. Before continuing with what was to happen, I shall digress  
>> and return in the next paragraph. I remember discussing the tyre  
>> wear issue with some fellow Rover owners, one of which was the  
>> Service Manager at the Range Rover business that I used. The  
>> soultion I was told was to "shim" the top link.
>>
>> So to return to the steering specialist. When I spoke to the gent  
>> on the phone to make the appointment, I told him of the car and  
>> what was happening. He obviously was familiar with the model of  
>> car, because he then said...can you please remove the glove boxes,  
>> as we will possibly need to put some shims in.
>>
>> Upon arrival, I stayed and watched what he did. The car was driven  
>> onto a ramp, where the front wheels would sit on movable pads. He  
>> loosened the 4 nyloc nuts that secure the top links and then with  
>> the handbrake applied and the front suspension free to move  
>> slightly on the moveable pads, he placed shims in behind the top  
>> link, top and bottom on the outside closest to the guard.
>>
>> Both side were treated the same. He checked the "toe in" which  
>> needed no adjustment.
>>
>> So did it solve the tyre wear problem? New tyres were fitted, and  
>> 18 years later and numerous sets of tyres having been gone  
>> through, the tyre wear issue has never returned.
>> My front tyres always wear evenly right across the width of the  
>> tyre, with no pronounced uneven wear. When standing in front of  
>> the car, the wheels do appear to splay more, and the handling is  
>> excellent.
>>
>> — Ron.”
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>>> On Apr 27, 2016, at 2:57 PM, Gord Reddy via Rovernet  
>>> <rovernet at rovernet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>  Just had an alignment done by a very competent shop that dies  
>>> quite a bit of British and they couldn’t see a way to adjust  
>>> camber and nothing is mentioned in my manual. LH side is – 0.57,  
>>> RH side is – 2.28. Any input?
>>> Gord
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