Adjusting camber
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Burning Brakes
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Adjusting camber
So I'm looking at my tire wear, and I definitely need to adjust the camber on the rear wheels. I've got some pretty decent negative camber. I'm not sure if this car has it's own camber adjustment ('85), if I need to just add some spacers, or if I need to get a kit. I haven't really investigated it yet, not like I'd really know how to tell what I need...so I'd appreciate any advice! Thanks!
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It's adjustable by a cam bolt on the inner end of the rear camber rods. I've run 1/2 degree of negative camber on the rear for several years with no adverse tire wear. The only reason I don't run more is because I can't afford to give up any forward bite.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Lakeville MI
Funny, I just added a bit more negative camber in the rear today. My LR was wearing a bit on the outside. I rotated the cam bolt from the full inboard position to the middle of the range (went 1/4 turn the wrong way the first time oops! wasn't thinking I guess). It looks like about 1/2 degree negative now.
My car has been lowered, and I run about 1 1/4 negative on the front otherwise the outside fronts wear very quickly. Unfortunately I didn't have a camber gage handy today, but I'll check it as soon as I get a chance. RR is wearing fine with about 1/2 degree negative as well.
After this adjustment, I had to correct the front axle toe slightly since the steering wheel was now clocked about 5 degrees toward the right. About 1/8 turn on both front tie rods toward the right side did the trick after driving and fine tuning. (toe in on the left and toe out on the right). The car tracks straight now and the wheel centers so its pretty close for a diy alignment job.
Rear camber change obviously affects rear toe, which interestingly enough also affects front toe. These cars can be sensitive to small changes, but fortunately they are very easy to adjust.
My car has been lowered, and I run about 1 1/4 negative on the front otherwise the outside fronts wear very quickly. Unfortunately I didn't have a camber gage handy today, but I'll check it as soon as I get a chance. RR is wearing fine with about 1/2 degree negative as well.
After this adjustment, I had to correct the front axle toe slightly since the steering wheel was now clocked about 5 degrees toward the right. About 1/8 turn on both front tie rods toward the right side did the trick after driving and fine tuning. (toe in on the left and toe out on the right). The car tracks straight now and the wheel centers so its pretty close for a diy alignment job.
Rear camber change obviously affects rear toe, which interestingly enough also affects front toe. These cars can be sensitive to small changes, but fortunately they are very easy to adjust.
Last edited by tequilaboy; May 28, 2007 at 10:18 PM.
