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PostPosted: Mon Mar 28, 2016 7:47 pm 
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Right onto the next issue......

I seem to have positive camber!?!?

Is there a common issue with building up that could result in this or???

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 28, 2016 9:00 pm 
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I thought positive camber was standard.
If it has just been rebuilt it will likely sit a bit high and have even more positive camber (talking about the front here) until it is driven a bit.
I bought the Minispares bottom arms so that I could have some negative dialled in.

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Phil 850 wrote:
I thought positive camber was standard.
If it has just been rebuilt it will likely sit a bit high and have even more positive camber (talking about the front here) until it is driven a bit.
I bought the Minispares bottom arms so that I could have some negative dialled in.


correct on all counts...

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I thought the minispares adjustable bottom arms looked flimsy so I bought -1.5deg fixed ones.

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drive(roll) it forwards and backwards and see what it does to the appearance of the camber at each end of the cycle. You will be surprised. This effect is always worse if the toe is incorrectly set up, which is likely after a rebuild. You may not need to change anything camber wise.

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 9:42 pm 
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drmini in aust wrote:
I thought the minispares adjustable bottom arms looked flimsy so I bought -1.5deg fixed ones.


I used these http://minispares.com/product/Classic/S ... |Back%20to
They are well engineered (except for the rear tracking, camber brackets) and provide infinite edjustability.
The offset bushes line up perfectly.

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 12:06 am 
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Talking about the front end, if Hi-lo's were fitted you can wind them up/in to lower the ride height. This will decrease the camber but also mess up the toe if the tie rods are the fixed type.

The 'common issue' is that fitting new cones has the opposite effect.


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