too much neg camber
06-21-05, 03:37 PM
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too much neg camber
The inside of my rear tires are worn alot more than my fronts, and the car isn't even lowered. I'm thinking it might be the DTSS bushings are worn out. Could this be it?
06-21-05, 05:42 PM
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The inside of my rear tires are worn alot more than my fronts, and the car isn't even lowered. I'm thinking it might be the DTSS bushings are worn out. Could this be it?
On the other hand Mazda did design the FCs with neg camber, and the only way to remove the neg camber is by purchasing an adjustable rear sublink. Like so:
06-21-05, 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by cprx7
The driver side of your car seems to be lower than the passenger side. Is it the angle of the picture?
06-21-05, 06:59 PM
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There's no camber adjustment on a stock car but there is a Toe adjustment. See the fsm.
Another thing it could be is that the previous owners let the shocks go dead which in turn caused the springs to go kaput which in turn caused the camber to go to pot. Change the springs and shocks to Eibach and Koni
Another thing it could be is that the previous owners let the shocks go dead which in turn caused the springs to go kaput which in turn caused the camber to go to pot. Change the springs and shocks to Eibach and Koni
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Originally Posted by eyecandy
No the DTSS does not control Camber, it controls toe in underload. There is a possiblity that the bushing could be destroyed and its give you toe in, but thats unlikly. I would recommend just replacing the DTSS bushings with solid units.
On the other hand Mazda did design the FCs with neg camber, and the only way to remove the neg camber is by purchasing an adjustable rear sublink. Like so:
On the other hand Mazda did design the FCs with neg camber, and the only way to remove the neg camber is by purchasing an adjustable rear sublink. Like so:
06-21-05, 10:50 PM
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you've got almost 20 year old springs there my man..
I had this problem too.. had a hunch it was the springs
When i put my eibachs on.... the car lowered about 1/2 inch in the front and NONE in the back.. yep.. springs were shot... (meaning that the stock springs has sagged about 3/4 inch)
True the car was made with negative camber.. but it gets MORE negative as the *** end squats..
I put a racing beat camber adjuster bar on it and it took 9 turns in from the stock length of the rod to get the rear camber back to the green on the alignment rack for stock specs.. and its still a bit more than optimal, but i wanted to leave some in.
I had this problem too.. had a hunch it was the springs
When i put my eibachs on.... the car lowered about 1/2 inch in the front and NONE in the back.. yep.. springs were shot... (meaning that the stock springs has sagged about 3/4 inch)
True the car was made with negative camber.. but it gets MORE negative as the *** end squats..
I put a racing beat camber adjuster bar on it and it took 9 turns in from the stock length of the rod to get the rear camber back to the green on the alignment rack for stock specs.. and its still a bit more than optimal, but i wanted to leave some in.
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