Texas Sprint Cup race thread

BobbyFord said:
How do you adjust camber on a full floating axle rear end??????
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I'm thinkin shims where the rear spindles bolt up to the diff housing, but what does that do to the drive axles?
Only other way I can think of is having the third member itself sitting crooked with axle tubes to match, but that would leave one side positive camber and the other side negative.
 
racer8 said:
I'm thinkin shims where the rear spindles bolt up to the diff housing, but what does that do to the drive axles?
Only other way I can think of is having the third member itself sitting crooked with axle tubes to match, but that would leave one side positive camber and the other side negative.
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You guys need to go read the article BobbyFord linked.
 
Axle housing is a big tube, axle is inside, all they do is move the axle up in the housing on the outside
 
Bottom line is - is Danica getting top level equipment? If she is she is just tooling around trying to learn while better drivers sit in the shute.
 
TchainT said:
Im a danica fan but she really needs to change something. she did real good at martinsville last week but these 1.5 + mile tracks just eat her up.


Giggity.
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I agree, I'm pulling for Danica, I think she has talent, but she needs to get some more seat time on the 1.5 mile tri-ovals.
 
StandOnIt said:
Axle housing is a big tube, axle is inside, all they do is move the axle up in the housing on the outside
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The link I posted shows an oxy/acet torch used to heat and bend the tubes. Generally the end of the axle tube has no adjustment to move the axle up and down. Up and down will not lean the tire in or out.
 
SpeedPagan said:
I agree, I'm pulling for Danica, I think she has talent, but she needs to get some more seat time on the 1.5 mile tri-ovals.
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Yeah maybe...but the fast tri-ovals are just horsepower..c'mon. A little bit O' guts in the turns and then floor it.

Not Rocket Science.
 
racer8 said:
Or the seals. I would think the seals can only tahe so much run out before puking oil everywhere.
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from another racing forum:
Nascars have adjustable camber and toe on their rear axles IRL. They use full-floating style axles with the splines at the ends crowned to allow slight miss-alignment with the hubs, like a ball-in-socket. Last I knew they were allowed 2 degrees camber and 1 degree toe in the rear, but that could've changed by now.

http://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=220970
 
SuperTex14 said:
from another racing forum:
Nascars have adjustable camber and toe on their rear axles IRL. They use full-floating style axles with the splines at the ends crowned to allow slight miss-alignment with the hubs, like a ball-in-socket. Last I knew they were allowed 2 degrees camber and 1 degree toe in the rear, but that could've changed by now.

http://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=220970
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That would make sense. I have a full floating Strange rear end in my garage with 40 spline gun drilled axles and there ain't no way to adjust camber :D
 
Both Bobby and his car with valve trouble tonight.....
 
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