quote:Originally posted by Racecar Mike:
Glad you nailed down the source of the vibration. I never meant to imply that U-joint can't work but that CV joints are more forgiving system. I don't know Pantera cars as well as others here but I doubt 0 degree camber is the optimum alignment for cornering using radials. Radials typically like at least a little bit of negative camber.
A powerful car with rear weight bias should have a rear suspension properly set up for the tires being used. Just my 2 cents.
Hi Mike,
No argument from me, the CV axles do have advantages:
- more forgiving
- no grease fling-off
- more exhaust clearance
As I understand it, the factory changed over to CV axles late in the production run...I'm not sure why.
I'll probably do the swap at some point in the future as well, but I wanted to find the root cause of my problem before doing so.
Also, I will be taking a very careful look at the rear wheel alignment in the near future.
Has anyone got any camber and toe-in specs for the tires I'm using?
BFGoodrich Radial T/A's in size 255/60-15.