14-11-2021, 08:48 PM
Welcome Colin. One thing to check also are the front spring shackles as wear in these will cause the car to wander. So too will slackness in the radius arm attachment to the chassis. Austin 7s tend to be camber sensitive and bump steer, a characteristic of beam front axles.However the cars remain perfectly well behaved provided everything on the suspension and steering is in reasonable order.
With the brakes, again everything should be in good order with no wear in the cam bushes. The brakes should be set up so that the front brakes come on ahead of the rear brakes. I assume that your car has the semi-girling brakes with square brake adjusters of which I have little experience, but on my own car, with the earlier Austin brakes, I ensure that, with the handbrake off, all the wheels rotate freely and then adjust the brakes so that, at two notches of the handbrake, the front wheels are coming on, whilst the back brakes are still free, not beginning to bind until the third notch. At the fourth notch everything should be solid.
Hope this helps.
With the brakes, again everything should be in good order with no wear in the cam bushes. The brakes should be set up so that the front brakes come on ahead of the rear brakes. I assume that your car has the semi-girling brakes with square brake adjusters of which I have little experience, but on my own car, with the earlier Austin brakes, I ensure that, with the handbrake off, all the wheels rotate freely and then adjust the brakes so that, at two notches of the handbrake, the front wheels are coming on, whilst the back brakes are still free, not beginning to bind until the third notch. At the fourth notch everything should be solid.
Hope this helps.