Rear suspension geometry

[jaguar wheels]

Problem with 96 Chim rear suspension geometry. 4 degrees toe in on LH rear wheel. also less wheel arch clearance at the top than the other side resulting in occasional tyre rubbing on the arch. Their is some tracking adjustment on the rear wheels, but to get it pointing correctly, would push the front of the wheel out when I need to bring the back in to keep it inside the wheel arch. I bought the car like this and now want to sort it out. Any ideas would be appreciated.
Simon

[GreenV8S]

Ummm ... swap it for one that doesn't have a bent chassis?

[jaguar wheels]

Thanks for those reassuring and helpful words of wisdom.

[GreenV8S]

Probably not what you want to hear, but four degrees is a heck of a lot of toe-in and if the track is wrong too (as your comments imply) then in all seriousness I would get under there and look for signs of chassis or suspension damage.

[trefor]

Bent wishbones on that corner? Not the end of the world, they're supposed to bend/break in an accident.

Alternatively get TVR wheels instead of Jaguar ones.

[gavmitchell]

Adjustable spring platform shocks or fixed? If adjustable make sure ride height is correct on both sides. Get car up in the air and look for bent bits underneath.

[ribol]

Problem with 96 Chim rear suspension geometry. 4 degrees toe in on LH rear wheel. also less wheel arch clearance at the top than the other side resulting in occasional tyre rubbing on the arch. Their is some tracking adjustment on the rear wheels, but to get it pointing correctly, would push the front of the wheel out when I need to bring the back in to keep it inside the wheel arch. I bought the car like this and now want to sort it out. Any ideas would be appreciated.
Simon

What's the tyre wear like?

Ivan

[jaguar wheels]

Thanks for all that good stuff. I have had a look underneath, and there is no sign of damage, there is obviously something wrong, but it is not so bad underneath there that it is immediately noticable by the naked eye. The tyre is wearing on the outside edge because it rubs on the arch, I do not know of the wear from road scuff because the tyre is new and it is not yet evident.

[xain]

How wide are these tyres?

[shortlad]

Just out of interest... does the car bang and crash over bumps becasue the suspension is set wrong?

I was following a thread about the bang and crash that you get from the rear of some Chims (mine does it but not all cars I went to look at did) and was wondering if this may be ride height being incorrect on one side??

Just an aside!

[jaguar wheels]

It does rattle about a bit over potholes, but I am sure this is due to this miss alignment. The reason I started to look into the geometry was because I did not feel the cars handling inspired confidence; I expected it to feel totally stable under cornering at higher speed. It doesn’t quite, and under breaking the back end feels a bit wayward. The good think about have a dodgy back end is that it gives me some interesting work rebuilding it, and to me, that is half the fun of owning the car!
Simon

[victormeldrew]

To an extent "they all do that sir" - light at the back under braking.