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I still have bad camber!!!

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Hi all.
As i've mentioned in a previous thread,I hit a kerb at low speed and this caused the front passenger wheel to sit proud of the arch.since this has happened,I have changed,on the advice of `experts' :
both front shocks and top mounts
both lower wishbones
nearside tie rod full
offside tie rod end
nearside lower arm balljoint(although I only have the `experts' word on
this.)
subframe.
Now,after all this the front wheel is still proud of the arch.Im sure the chassis hasn't been twisted as it was quite a low speed impact and nothing seems to be affected elsewhere on the car. As you can imagine,im at the end of my tether and am all out of ideas so any advice would be much appreciated.:)
 
after you have had all this changed (i guess for new ?) have you been e;sewhere for a camber measure/adjust etc ?

would need doing anyway but at least if you ask for a copy of the 'before' measurements when getting it done it will point out any areas to check
 
Fl@pper said:
after you have had all this changed (i guess for new ?) have you been e;sewhere for a camber measure/adjust etc ?

would need doing anyway but at least if you ask for a copy of the 'before' measurements when getting it done it will point out any areas to check
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Ive had a four wheel laser alignment done, it has 2 degrees of camber,technician recomended the hub carrier is changed.God knows how much thats gonna set me back!:(
 
OE camber is roughly 0.5 negative with upto 0.5 tolerance
If it was 2 degrees negative there should be enough adjustment in the slots on the wishbones where ball joints are bolted to bring it back
There is roughly 2-3 degrees of camber adjustment each side on these
However if its 2 degrees positive the problem is more complex and something must have bent/moved to cause it
 
Ronin225 said:
OE camber is roughly 0.5 negative with upto 0.5 tolerance
If it was 2 degrees negative there should be enough adjustment in the slots on the wishbones where ball joints are bolted to bring it back
There is roughly 2-3 degrees of camber adjustment each side on these
However if its 2 degrees positive the problem is more complex and something must have bent/moved to cause it
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A big THANK YOU for that information..... you're a lot more help than milton keynes seat and other inde-pendant :)whistle:) garages that in the past couldn't do enough for me!!
 
No worries, but surprising how many 'specialists' dont seem to know how to do camber on these cars
As said though if wheel is further out at the top than bottom (positive camber) it is probably not a setting job
 
In so positive it should be called DEFINITE camber ...as in definitely knackered!!:cry:
 
That's useful info mate, thanks. I assume that is for the front? Do you have any number for the rears? mine is -1.43 (left) and -1.05 (right). No-one has found any cause for this yet!
 
A car is only a collection of components, find the broken one/s and replace them
However my knowledge of the suspension is not good enough to be able to suggest much more
Could do with finding someone with in depth technical setting experience who can thoroughly look through and possibly clock subframe, etc up to be sure it is all running true
 
Thanks, may take it down to the place that did the alignment check and see if they can investigate further for me.
 
Irie said:
That's useful info mate, thanks. I assume that is for the front? Do you have any number for the rears? mine is -1.43 (left) and -1.05 (right). No-one has found any cause for this yet!
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Rears shouldnt have too much camber, mine run about 0.3 rear negative and deliberately set 1 degree negative on the front
If you are lowered you will increase the negative camber due to the different angle the wishbone will be set at
 
The car isn't lowered, so I can only think something is worn or broken, either way money to be spent :(
 
Irie said:
That's useful info mate, thanks. I assume that is for the front? Do you have any number for the rears? mine is -1.43 (left) and -1.05 (right). No-one has found any cause for this yet!
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According to the printout from my setup,the specified range is: -1.37/-1.17. so its pretty normal.If you get down on the floor and look from behind the car you'll see that the rears `lean' in a little at the top and you wont see any visible difference.
 
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