Cam plate adjustment.

[kevin powles]

Rich, look in the chigwell book, it shows you the way of adjusting the rollers, from memory the inner one is adjusted to touch when cam central then a clearance is obtained on the other. One thing to note is that if you have your rear brake rods connected also it could be notcy because of a problem there. I had a similar issue with mine, what had happened is the rod had pulled out the brake adjuster, when assembling your adjusters tape both the actuating pistons in fully and remove the tape when located on the brake shoes, correct size split pins in the adjusters will stop this happening but best to tape up also whilst fitting.

Measure your cross tube protrusion from carrier hull to check distance is equal also when cam central and adjusted.

[RichardT10829]

Right just got back from the garage... The front to rear brake rods are not attached (at this time they are yet to even exist ). I backed off the inner roller a wee smidge and it runs like butter now. The axle was centred before I started each stub measuring 13" give a gnats tadger. There is no obvious free play and everything appears to look good. It may not be much of a job real time, but over all it is a big deal as its the first time the control surfaces have worked correctly since I got the carrier, and first time in nearly twenty years they have worked full stop.

Bit firmly between my teeth now !

[rob love]

If the hull is on axle stands, then the cross shaft is dragging on the bottom of the hull, rather than floating up against the rollers. Put the vehicle weight back on it and try again. Ben said it first, so I won't take credit if that is the case.

[RichardT10829]

Yeah I will do, but in comparison to last night it is much much better now.i pretty much had the rollers squeezing into the cam face which is probably why it was so tight to turn, the rollers are juuuuuuuuust touching the cam face in the neutral position now, and like I say, no slop, and smooth one handed action... Ahem no puns....

[Lynn Eades]

Richard when the carrier is on its tracks with the weight down. swings the hull easily from side to side. the rollers should have a 0.001" clearance. What Rob was referring to was that a badly profiled cam plate will not maintain this clearence through its travel.
The self aligning bearing goes in the bottom of the steering column, not the cam plate. It seems it wasn't important to use one, as many were fitted with annular grooved ball races (ordinary brg) in service.
Be aware that the spline at the steering box is indexed to the column, and needs to be correctly timed. The Canadian MkI* book gives a very good description of how to set it all up.

[RichardT10829]

Cheers guys, I suppose I won't really know until its on its wheels again. Good news is now that the cam is in and the bellows are on the axle, I can drop it onto its wheels + tracks. Imminently !