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> Rear Camber Shims - What Thickness Do I Need?, Need to lose half a degree of neg camber
Joseph Mills
post May 10 2005, 09:20 AM
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Subject pretty well says it all - Search button no help here.

I know there are 3 thicknesses, but does anyone know how much adjustment results from each?
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post May 10 2005, 09:42 AM
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I put about a touch less than a 1/4 degree additional negative camber into my car by removing a .85" shim. So I figure somewhere in the .170-.200 range.
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post May 10 2005, 09:44 AM
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I'm getting an alignment this week, and I just happened to look into this.

1mm of shim thickness = 10minutes of positive camber.

Hope that helps.
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post May 10 2005, 09:52 AM
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So...
1mm = 10 minutes, 60 minutes = 1 degree, 6mm = 1 degree?

Therefore
3mm = .5 degree. 3 / 25.4 = .118"?
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post May 10 2005, 10:15 AM
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Off the top of my head.
Length of ear to outter mount is 12 in (I'd double check this number). 12 X tan of .5 deg (.008726) = .104722 in.
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post May 10 2005, 10:22 AM
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QUOTE (J P Stein @ May 10 2005, 08:15 AM)
Length of ear to outter mount is 12 in (I'd double check this number). 12 X tan of .5 deg (.008726) = .104722 in.

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guys, ever thought about using metric? it would make your live soooo much easier.

besides, the shims are measured in mm anyways.
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post May 10 2005, 10:40 AM
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You guys impress me with your math skills, good to know people use thier minds. I thought it was a lost art.
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post May 10 2005, 10:42 AM
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Ya, what Andy said! Metric rocks!!!
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QUOTE (SirAndy @ May 10 2005, 09:22 AM)
ever thought about using metric?

Boo! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/alfred.gif)
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post May 10 2005, 10:50 AM
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Thanks guys. Just the info I needed for this evening's project. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif)


And even though I own a metric ruler, I'm stayin' away from the political side of this debate. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)
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post May 10 2005, 11:02 AM
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Not me.

Roslyn Carter tried to get Jimmy to have the US adopt the millimeter system. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)
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post May 10 2005, 12:24 PM
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QUOTE (SirAndy @ May 10 2005, 08:22 AM)

guys, ever thought about using metric? it would make your live soooo much easier.


No. You had your chance to convert us, but blew it.

We don't use German, Spanish, or French as our native language either....I spose you have a problem with that also.
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post May 10 2005, 12:43 PM
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QUOTE (J P Stein @ May 10 2005, 10:24 AM)
No. You had your chance to convert us, but blew it.
We don't use German, Spanish, or French as our native language either....I spose you have a problem with that also.

actually, you're misinformed ...

your country (the US of A) switched *officially* to the metric system a looooong time ago.
if memory serves me right, that was in 1978 (could be off by a few years, i'm still trying to forget that part of my life)

i suppose they simply forgot to tell ya'all ...
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a quick search revealed this:

http://ts.nist.gov/ts/htdocs/200/202/lc1136a.htm

ok, so it was 1975 and not 1978. oh well. i was close tho ...
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post May 10 2005, 01:09 PM
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You are misinformed on my being misinformed. I lived thru the debte and the result.



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post May 10 2005, 01:12 PM
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Metric is easy when it comes to length (its just Xmm * .0393716 = Y in). What I hate is when you're expected to know the metric and SI units of Force, AND the two constants in different equations. Now thats just excessive...
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post May 10 2005, 05:46 PM
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Typicially what I have seen is 1 mm = about .25 degress. That was a couple of years ago when I had mine done.

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