Rear Alignment: Relationship between Camber and Toe, Talking through my settings, interested in informed feedback! |
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Rear Alignment: Relationship between Camber and Toe, Talking through my settings, interested in informed feedback! |
Morrie |
Aug 13 2022, 01:46 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 181 Joined: 8-October 07 From: Cedar Park, Texas Member No.: 8,198 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Hi Guys!
I had my car 4 wheel aligned yesterday and overall went well. I've replaced all the bushings, shocks, struts, springs, bearings, etc so it was all totally out of wack.... Good news, everything came into spec in front. All good. Car drives great now. In the rear I needed a bit of camber to clear the tops of my tires, so I am sitting here: Rear Left: Camber: -1 deg 24' Rear Right: Camber: -1 deg 12' Camber: Factory says max difference from left to right is +/- 20'. I've got 12' difference side to side so I think I am okay there, even though the extra camber may cause some tire wear that I can live with. Toe: Factory says toe should be 0deg +15' per side. The alignment shop set limits to 0deg +/- 15'. A lot of numbers and I can make a bunch of guesses, but I would like to know for my road car which gets some spirited hill country driving, should I work on getting more positive rear Sorry if this is beaten to death or overcomplicated. Writing it down here helped me get it straight in my head. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) If it helps, below are my suspension settings and condition. Car was corner balanced prior to going for alignment, and is slightly lowered. Clearance on the RH side (passengers) rear tire is tight but it does clear with the current settings. Front: Stock Torsion Bars Rear: New 100lb Eibach coils Thanks Guys! |
dr914@autoatlanta.com |
Aug 15 2022, 01:04 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,055 Joined: 3-January 07 From: atlanta georgia Member No.: 7,418 Region Association: None |
the rear camber HAS to be 30 minutes or the inside of the tires will wear. You can accomplish by adding a 20 and a 40 shim on the left and a 40 shim on the right rear
Hi Guys! I had my car 4 wheel aligned yesterday and overall went well. I've replaced all the bushings, shocks, struts, springs, bearings, etc so it was all totally out of wack.... Good news, everything came into spec in front. All good. Car drives great now. In the rear I needed a bit of camber to clear the tops of my tires, so I am sitting here: Rear Left: Camber: -1 deg 24' Rear Right: Camber: -1 deg 12' Camber: Factory says max difference from left to right is +/- 20'. I've got 12' difference side to side so I think I am okay there, even though the extra camber may cause some tire wear that I can live with. Toe: Factory says toe should be 0deg +15' per side. The alignment shop set limits to 0deg +/- 15'. A lot of numbers and I can make a bunch of guesses, but I would like to know for my road car which gets some spirited hill country driving, should I work on getting more positive rear Sorry if this is beaten to death or overcomplicated. Writing it down here helped me get it straight in my head. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) If it helps, below are my suspension settings and condition. Car was corner balanced prior to going for alignment, and is slightly lowered. Clearance on the RH side (passengers) rear tire is tight but it does clear with the current settings. Front: Stock Torsion Bars Rear: New 100lb Eibach coils Thanks Guys! |
Morrie |
Aug 15 2022, 04:32 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 181 Joined: 8-October 07 From: Cedar Park, Texas Member No.: 8,198 Region Association: Southwest Region |
the rear camber HAS to be 30 minutes or the inside of the tires will wear. You can accomplish by adding a 20 and a 40 shim on the left and a 40 shim on the right rear Thanks George, I would like to get this set also. I have the shims, and the drivers side has good clearance to accomplish this. Problem is the passengers side is very tight clearance at the moment, chassis is offset that direction. I am clearing with the current settings but likely would rub on the outside edge if I came to 30' of negative camber. Short term I plan to get left and right the same, and take it from there. The whole situation may end up resulting in replacement of the trailing arms. Luckily the rear o fthe car comes apart easily. |
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