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One thing I DO think worthy of mention, i've been fixing Triumphs a long time now (50 years next month) and I have changed out WAY more FAM 1718s on Dolomites than on ALL the Herald derivatives combined. Besides customer cars by the literal thousand over the years, I have also OWNED more Herald derived cars than Dolomites too. There ought to be a reason for this observed discrepancy in wear rates and a small angle might just be it!
You could well be right Steve.
Another cause of movement is the front subframe's back bushes.
The uppers need to be in compression.
On race prepared cars, upstands were also used to stop the bush moving sideways.
I have endeavoured to copy this on my Sprint.
(As an aside,
The race cars had, what to me seems an excellent design, ST front tie bars.
The cup washers prevent the bushes from sliding about and the bushes themselves
are a more substantial design.
Again, I have done this to my car.)
Ian.
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