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Re: alignment issues - Camber
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Posted by Dean (more from Dean) on Fri, 28 May 2004 21:38:32 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: alignment issues - Camber, Adam Dawson, Fri, 28 May 2004 19:15:54
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Camber -1.08L -1.40R

The camber is not the same, so there is 1.4 - 1.08 = .32 degrees of cross camber. Cross camber is a cause of the steering pulling to one side. How is that? And this can change as green tires run for a bit.

You can look for damage to the upper mounts using the scrub test. Check the other rubber bushings on the control arms. Some of this if evident would be noted by the alignment tech. Look for control arm distortion too.

If the avove is ok, then you can slot the one strut tower to elongate the three holes. Do the math using the distance from there to the center of the ball of the ball joint. If not enough on one side, perhaps slot the other in the opposite direction.

Check for distortion of the subframe at the lateral arm bushings. The SF is hot dip galvanized and thus dead soft steel. Look for signs that the SF have shifted by examining for movement marks at the bolting locations to the body. Sometimes SF bolts can be loosened and the SF shifted a bit. The SF can also be bend a bit to move a lateral arm bushing point using haydraulic jacks, perhaps in combination with some SF bolt slackening.

I prefer toe-in to be at lower ranges used to adjust myself in the drive with my 95SET + VRK. I found when it was right the steering was fantastic and when off, it was vague.

As you can see from the above, there is no provision for adjustment, so you have to role your own. When you change the cross camber the toe-in will be changed too. So if you do the camber your self, you need to correct the toe-in.

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