weird body alignment question

volksnut · Post by **volksnut** » Sun Feb 02, 2003 4:49 pm

I noticed that on a lot of buggy bodys I've seen installed on a pan, the right rear tire hangs out further than the left. My Manx clone does, as my Barry T clone too, oh and a buddy's Barrien does also.Is this normal? Oh and while on that topic the motors are a little off center. Should one align the body to engine centerline and tire alignment or go with where the lower body fits the contour of the pan? any comments.....

dstar5000 · Post by **dstar5000** » Wed Feb 05, 2003 12:31 pm

My Bradley GT is only 1/4 inch out of alignment and I placed the body dead center.

Sometimes, it's a shift caused by the curing process. The earlier Bradleys had... er...interesting problems. Mine had small aligment probs with the mold that made for extra grinding and a little new glassing to make perfect.

Anyone want to see it, go to http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/vwheadsonly/

7K miles since restoration.

Don

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78 Westy 2.0l
71 Bradley GT 1641cc(soon to be twin turbo 2.6)

"The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do".
Walter Bagehot

[email protected] · Post by **[email protected]** » Wed Feb 05, 2003 4:17 pm

My GTII is dead center on. The only thing that bugs me is the front wheels seem to be set a little too far forward. Nope, it doesn't have castor shims pushing them out.

We become perfectionists, eh?
http://wind.winona.edu/~stafford/bradley

dstar5000 · Post by **dstar5000** » Thu Feb 06, 2003 9:00 am

Yea, when I first sat the body on the fram, mine was too, so I pushed it as far froward as I coould to center the fronts. I figured that since the fronts turn and go *up and down*, it would be better to center them. That put the rear wheels about an inch forward of the arch.

Don

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78 Westy 2.0l
71 Bradley GT 1641cc(soon to be twin turbo 2.6)

"The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do".
Walter Bagehot