Camber gauge

[bonesXU1]

What type of camber gauge do you guys use and how? (roughly)

 

[stinka]

Parked on flat ground, by eye

 

[bonesXU1]

Parked on flat ground, by eye

That sounds like a nice cheap gauge. :clap I had thought of that method but I have just bought some Mickey Thompsons and want to try and give them a good start with some good correct camber . Any idea of what camber should be?
Someone has suggested one of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ADA-Casto...ts_Vehicles_Automobila_ET&hash=item20d79f31f1

 

[stinka]

A 2 ft level with some bits of metal tac welded to it at exactly the same length ?

 

[dave123]

what about this one ? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wheel-Cam...UK_Measuring_Tools_Levels&hash=item53e8f697ff and I have looked on the manual and I have found the section fa39 on the wheel alignment. but can anyone put in to old English what it means and how to check it . as I think my drives wheels camber is out as I have a lot of inside tyre wear . I have had my tracking checked and that's fine . when I got it on full lock and driving slow in 1st or reverse it is very notchy on the steering. I can feel something going on with that side . I have had it into the garage and he can't find nothing wrong with the bushes and knuckles. but he can't check the camber . I have phoned a lot of garages and none can do camber . I have even booked it in to ats because online they say they do camber for £50 booked it just to call them to check and them saying no they don't do camber it just the tracking really . how do you check it and adjust it

 

[bonesXU1]

Your notchyness will be the universal joint on the steering column (behind the drivers side wheel), mine does this if my Ter is parked up for a few weeks. Get some WD40 or thin oil would be better and that will help.

 

[dave123]

Your notchyness will be the universal joint on the steering column (behind the drivers side wheel), mine does this if my Ter is parked up for a few weeks. Get some WD40 or thin oil would be better and that will help.

its not while I'm turning steering wheel . its only when the car is moving after I have turned the steering wheel . I can feel it coming from the drivers wheel side from the floor and steering wheel . my mate thought It might be the uj on the propshaft but we checked and they are fine . we changed all the track rods and upper and lower ball joints . plus the arb bushes and links . checked the wheel bearings . I have just run out of idea's what would be causing it . it could be the bushes on the upper link arm or the camber? the lower arm is fine . I checked all bushes when I done the arb bushes

 

[bonesXU1]

Sounds like you have given it a good going over then, I'm not sure what to suggest.

 

[dave123]

could it be the cv joint ?. surely their would be some movement in the wheel if it was worn and it wouldn't wear just one side of the tyre . the reason I think its the drivers side camber is because the inside 2 inches of the trye is slick just about see the string in the tyre and the other side has about 3mm tread left

 

[Ogri]

I was just reading another thread where a member had been supplied the wrong bottom ball joint - in his case the joint was too short causing huge positive camber. Therefore there must be a long and a short bottom ball joint and maybe the long one fitted where a short one should be would give lots of negative camber.

Maybe worth investigating further?

 

[dave123]

I was just reading another thread where a member had been supplied the wrong bottom ball joint - in his case the joint was too short causing huge positive camber. Therefore there must be a long and a short bottom ball joint and maybe the long one fitted where a short one should be would give lots of negative camber.

Maybe worth investigating further?

that might of been me when I went to change them eurocarparts gave me the wrong ones . which made the car have a huge positive camber and dangerous to drive . but I got the right ones in the end

 

[bry]

could it be the cv joint ?. surely their would be some movement in the wheel if it was worn and it wouldn't wear just one side of the tyre . the reason I think its the drivers side camber is because the inside 2 inches of the trye is slick just about see the string in the tyre and the other side has about 3mm tread left

If it was a worn CV,i would have thought you would have heard it.Mine was noisy when reversing.

 

[dave123]

If it was a worn CV,i would have thought you would have heard it.Mine was noisy when reversing.

that's why I think for some reason it as got a positive camber . if you look on here http://www.ismasupers.com/downloads/tech-talk/Tech-02 Suspension Geometry relations 4.pdf mine would be the left wheel on the diagram of figure 4 . my drivers side tyre where the dotted line for the sal angle touches the ground that's how much is worn down and I can see string

 

[thecrazycabbage]

Regarding caster/camber and toe, on both front and rears, on just about any car, I work in Harrogate at the dreaded KwikFit. We have a Hunter wheel digital wheel aligner. It really is the dogs Bollocks! Not all the KwikFits have them, but it may be worthwhile asking the question.

I work in the Harrogate branch, if anyone fancies popping in, ask for Dan, and I'll sort you out.

PS: any centre with the hunter, the check is free.......