King Pin Castor Adjustment

silver Dangerous when poked

2,169 posts · joined Dec 2002 · 6 Jul 2003, 11:14 pm

#63513

I am going to increase the castor on my splitty, this will help in reducing the wandering caused by side winds and bad roads. the maths has been done by an engineer who believes the original setup is not correct for the van models...
has anyone else done this? he has made a jig so this adjustment can be done without removing the beam...
is anyone else interested in having this done?
it will improve the handling on all kombis of all years.........:thumb

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vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 7 Jul 2003, 7:46 am

#63535

Silver

The Castor on a King n Ling is FIXED and not adjustable.

I think the only way you might be able to do something is to Ream the bushes at an angle, if this is possible.

Have you looked at the steering box, to adjust to stop wandering etc. Is the drag link arm good condition.

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silver Dangerous when poked

2,169 posts · joined Dec 2002 · 7 Jul 2003, 3:30 pm

#63631

We are going to achieve this by rotating the beam this will alter the caster

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vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 7 Jul 2003, 5:43 pm

#63684

Sorry Wayne i thought you were talking about camber not castor yes you could get some castor shim and try fitting them.

I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91278&page=1#pid848630

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409