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G WILLIE FOX · 02-26-2008, 08:20 AM

KayDeeArr,

Your remark about GM is interesting. I've got Buicks and camber is adjustable on them. It was also adjustable on all my and my friends domestic Chryslers, TC3s, Caravans, Lasers Daytonas. I'm also pretty sure it was on my 78 Ford Fiesta (The World Car). GM's mini cars, the Geos, etc are made in Korea. I wonder if these are the ones with no adjustments.

The very thought of drilling a hole to correct camber is really frightening. First, you are going to have a dealer, who can't keep his most basic equipment in shape (an alignment rack) drill a hole oversized to allow a setting. Who is going to tell him how big to make the hole; is he going to go through the math do figure it out? And if he does, what is going to hold the adjustment? Friction? Realize that if this is done, the bolt in the undrilled hole is going to support the entire load on that side. The hole gets bigger in vertical and horizontal dimensions, so friction will have to hold both the camber (not likely) and the vertical load, not very likely.

The adjustment I'm familiar with isn't just a slotted hole, but a slotted hole in combination with an eccentric bolt. The bolt can be tightened sufficiently not to rotate and that is what maintains the camber setting; not clamping pressure on the strut!

02-26-2008, 08:20 AM	#66 (permalink)
G WILLIE FOX Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: BEAVER FALLS, PA Posts: 25 Drives: 2007 RONDO EX V6 5 seat Gallery: 0	KayDeeArr, Your remark about GM is interesting. I've got Buicks and camber is adjustable on them. It was also adjustable on all my and my friends domestic Chryslers, TC3s, Caravans, Lasers Daytonas. I'm also pretty sure it was on my 78 Ford Fiesta (The World Car). GM's mini cars, the Geos, etc are made in Korea. I wonder if these are the ones with no adjustments. The very thought of drilling a hole to correct camber is really frightening. First, you are going to have a dealer, who can't keep his most basic equipment in shape (an alignment rack) drill a hole oversized to allow a setting. Who is going to tell him how big to make the hole; is he going to go through the math do figure it out? And if he does, what is going to hold the adjustment? Friction? Realize that if this is done, the bolt in the undrilled hole is going to support the entire load on that side. The hole gets bigger in vertical and horizontal dimensions, so friction will have to hold both the camber (not likely) and the vertical load, not very likely. The adjustment I'm familiar with isn't just a slotted hole, but a slotted hole in combination with an eccentric bolt. The bolt can be tightened sufficiently not to rotate and that is what maintains the camber setting; not clamping pressure on the strut! Last edited by G WILLIE FOX : 02-26-2008 at 06:05 PM.