Thread: 73 charger squirrley steering

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They are outsourceing it to another shop, whom is more familiar with the older cars, on their dime. I'll keep you posted.

BTW. I thought caster was a result of the spindle design, and wasn't adjustable.

It is, but theres almost always at least an aftermarket way to adjust caster. Shims and eccentrics are most common

Originally Posted by firebird77clone

BTW. I thought caster was a result of the spindle design, and wasn't adjustable.

On that car at least, torsion bars, eccentrics and/or elongated holes (there are 'kits' to fix these problems on many MoPar models))

Originally Posted by firebird77clone

They are outsourceing it to another shop, whom is more familiar with the older cars, on their dime. I'll keep you posted.

BTW. I thought caster was a result of the spindle design, and wasn't adjustable.

What you've run into is not that unusual. The shiny new shops only know what's in their computers, and they often don't go back more than ten years or so and the kids that run the new hardware have often never seen something pre-'75 or even pre-2000. Hopefully this other shop has a guy who actually saw some of the muscle car era, or who can look at the upper A-arm and figure out that moving it fore&aft adjusts the caster. There're several kits out there offering improved adjustability of caster/camber, and also some with re-designed A-arms to improve handling as the suspension works. Good luck on your quest with this new shop!