Torsion bars cranked up ????

[BlueBull]

Hi every body, just a quick question as my previous post stated I have a problem with the front tyres having positive camber, the tops of the tyres sticking out at the top from the body. One mechanic suggested I should crank up my torsion bars, but how do I do that ?. I can not get to the mechanic and thought I would try it myself, any pointers would be great, Thanks, Paul.

 

[elty001]

torsion bars

if you look under the motor(front end )you will see 2 long bars running from the wishbones to about the centre of your motor.on this end there are 2 adjuster bolts(19mm bolt head)you need to wedge a spanner on the nut on top and turn the bolt with a 19mm socket.clockwise to lift the front suspension.can be quite stiff so i sprayed mine with wd40 and used a 2'bar to get good leverage.this has to be done with the motor on the ground and a nice level surface.measure the gap from the centre of the front hub to the bottom of front wheelarch to get an even height on each side.this is about the best i can describe it any probs let me know.

 

[Terranosaurus]

I shouldn't just go winding em up willy nilly blue bull, LA ought at least to have got your truck level. Suspect your new ball joints aren't quite in the right position or you need to shim the camber up. Torsion bars effect ride height and incidentally camber, they can't be used to adjust camber with messing up the ride height.

 

[BlueBull]

Thanks guys very much for the input, I will have to try something as the T2 has been off the road now for a week and I need it. Nobdy near me seems willing to help or know of anybody who can so I am stuck out here by myself and a few basic tools. My T2 was booked in to Supercrooks on a Monday for 5 days and they didnt do mine untill the Thursday and I got it back on the Friday and the boat was booked for Sunday and they knew I couldn't do anything over there like take it back to them. I have phoned trading stadards and they are going to look into the whole matter and take it from there.

 

[Toolbox]

If you have a large square and a very level floor you should be able to do a DIY camber adjustment.
You will need a square that is the height of the wheel rim, by positioning the T2 on a level smooth surface, place your square at right angles to the wheel and measure from the bottom of the rim to the square and also measure from the top of the rim to the square, subtract the two measurements and you will have how far out your camber is in mm.
If you now jack up and remove the wheel you will see 2 bolts securing the upper wishbone link, behind the link there should be a set of shims that each bolt passes through, by unbolting and removing a shim from each bolt behind the link will reduce the + camber. Make sure when removing shims that the shims removed are of equal thickness because if they are not then removing unequal thickness shims from both bolt will not only alter the camber but will also alter the castor angle.
When removed, replace the wheel and lower to the ground again and re-measure with the square to determine the change in the camber, it will only require a small thickness of shims to be removed to make a large difference at the wheel. If adjustment is still required then you will have to go through the same process again until you have the wheel as near to vertical as possible, a bit of a hit and miss way of doing it but it does work.
You may need some more shim washers to get it precise, say if you only have thick washers fitted and the removal of them is to much then replace with a thinner washer always in pairs.

 

[BlueBull]

Jeremy, Thank you very much for that I took the wheel off but can I move those damn nuts off, they are solid lol I have it booked in to the dealership on Thursday so hopefully thet can help out otherwise a for sale sigh is going on the T2. I have had enough, cheers again buddy, Paul