camber adjustment problem
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From: Red Bank NJ
camber adjustment problem
Car has camber problem right rear and front left. I need to bring the bottom of the tire in more. I have the camber adjustment bolt turned as far as it will go. So my questions is will an adjustable strut rod give me more camber adjustment? Or do you use it in replacement of camber adjustment bolt? Seems like the two should give me more range of adjustment right? Front left adjustment might need frame work. Have been told though that there is a lower control arm shaft that is modifed curved maybe not straight? Anyone ever heard of anything like that? Not realy sure of how it would work.
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The strut rods should take care of this problem if the car is still stock. What kind of condition are the strut rod bushings in? I suspect they are worn pretty bad if they cannot take care of your camber.
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Too much neg. camber, a clear indication of worn stub axles. Some shops bend the control rods to gain just that needed little more adjustment, a bad practice. Fix the problem, don't patch it with adjustable struts or bent struts.
Mine were bent when I got the car. I replaced them with VB struts and rebuilt the diff. Do it right the first time.
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In the front if you have a negative camber problem and all the shims have already been removed from the cross shaft then you need an offset cross shaft. TRW has offset cross shafts for our cars that give us an extra 1/4 inch of adjustment without shims. They are about $60. CDN each.
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Thanks a million for your collective help. I'll start looking at all the things you mentioned. The strut rods are new so are the bushings.
There does seem to be some small amount of movement form side to side when pushing on the trailing arm when it's off the gound. Could that be the stub axle issue? Thanks for the info on the off set cross shafts. Will look for them. Thanks for all the help.
There does seem to be some small amount of movement form side to side when pushing on the trailing arm when it's off the gound. Could that be the stub axle issue? Thanks for the info on the off set cross shafts. Will look for them. Thanks for all the help.
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I agree that the likely problem in the rear is the stub axles. In the front you need to carefully inspect the frame and see if it has cracked. If you remove all shims you should not have negative camber. If there are no cracks, see about installing a spreader bar to push the crossmember apart and prevent it from collapsing further.
