It is, but the geo of all four wheels should be checked and the front should be aligned to the rear of the car so you need to know the direction of all the wheels.
It is, but the geo of all four wheels should be checked and the front should be aligned to the rear of the car so you need to know the direction of all the wheels.
Not got any pics but there isn't much to it.
The outer ball joint is held on to the wishbone with three bolts that go through holes in the wishbone.
You slot these three holes towards the car by about 5mm.
When you re-assemble the outer ball joint again you push the joint in to the inner end of the slots so that camber is reduced.
How do you lock these lower ball joint bolts off cos they won't tighten enough without breaking? You using anti vibration washers or something?
They arnt suposed to be that tight - I just used book torque figures. 20Nm + 90º IIRC
You need to renew the bolts every time - they are strech bolts.
If you realy want to lock everything in place - use some washers under the heads of the bolts. Then when you have your camber set correctly - get someone to tack weld the washers in place to hold the setting.
ive slotted mine,no more excessive wear on the inner edge and i used lock tight on the threads and did them up tight when it was all set up,not much slotting is need you can even see the slots due to the bolt head coovering it. if that makes sense,
or you could buy kw's adjustable top mounts, but there £400
or you could buy kw's adjustable top mounts, but there £400
how did you know how much to slot it? did you just guess? lol
im doing this tomoro cos i have the day off
im doing this tomoro cos i have the day off
how did you know how much to slot it? did you just guess? lol
im doing this tomoro cos i have the day off
Basic triganometry if you have the measurements.
You need to know what your current camber is first.
Then the triangle for the calculation is :
(Bottom side) = wishbone length - pivot to ball joint
Other two sides = distance from top mount to wishbone ball joint
You can then work out a mm per 1deg camber ratio.
how did you know how much to slot it? did you just guess? lol
im doing this tomoro cos i have the day off
Can you take some pics when your doing it mate? would help me loads!
J
Of course mate
The norm on mk4s is about 5mm passenger side, 2mm drivers side. Depending how much camber you want to run
Well at the minute it's 1.45 one side and 1.37 the other. Thinking about .5 will be olrite?
Mine is at 0.5 negative per side. Thats the figure that was suggested is best for normal road use.
What are your tires wearing like? can't wait to
Do this now as tires are getting low on the inside edges so this should sort it a treat
can't wait toDo this now as tires are getting low on the inside edges so this should sort it a treat
I've run between 0 and 2deg and I agree for standard road use 0.5 to 1deg is about right.
What tyres wearing like like that?
Depending on how I drive - i see around 15K from a pair of front Uniroyal rainsports without rotating tyres.
Another thing I found is that the front tyres like to be 2psi above normal pressure when set.
This seems to help with even wear across the tyre although it could just be relevant to the rainsports - i have always used them on this car ( 130 TDi sport )
I'm going with yoko paradas this time like
We will see how it goes . These toyos t1r' I got a ****.. Lol
We will see how it goes . These toyos t1r' I got a ****.. Lol
I'm going with yoko paradas this time like
Very Nice tire in the dry but I found them lacking in the wet and damp.
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