Camber bolts to swap or not to swap? FD related suspension stuff
06-22-15, 02:21 PM
#1
Camber bolts to swap or not to swap? FD related suspension stuff
On my FD
I got my car re aligned today and the shop was not able to get hte - Camber numbers I had specified .
They said my driver side camber bolt had a flat spot , because they could do it just fine on the passenger side but when ti came to the driver it would not go over -2 camber .
Now this was strange because not 3 months ago I had gotten an alignemnt and everything was fine . ( the previous shop had said that he had to lower caster to 4.0 to get the neg camber I wanted ) and when I looked at hte sheet from the alignment I got to day he had added a degree more caster . and after doing some research blah blah yeah dynamic caster affects camber, ( which is probably why my last shop had to lessen it to 4* . and I was fine with how the car handled and how quick the wheel returned to normal with 4* caster .
BUT! it so happens that I do have a spare camber bolt that I COULD swap in .
But my question is how difficult is it . I read alot of people having to heat the bushing to get the bolt out , and alot of times ruining the bushing .
if thats the case I rather jsut lower caster to 4. and just redo it .
I got my car re aligned today and the shop was not able to get hte - Camber numbers I had specified .
They said my driver side camber bolt had a flat spot , because they could do it just fine on the passenger side but when ti came to the driver it would not go over -2 camber .
Now this was strange because not 3 months ago I had gotten an alignemnt and everything was fine . ( the previous shop had said that he had to lower caster to 4.0 to get the neg camber I wanted ) and when I looked at hte sheet from the alignment I got to day he had added a degree more caster . and after doing some research blah blah yeah dynamic caster affects camber, ( which is probably why my last shop had to lessen it to 4* . and I was fine with how the car handled and how quick the wheel returned to normal with 4* caster .
BUT! it so happens that I do have a spare camber bolt that I COULD swap in .
But my question is how difficult is it . I read alot of people having to heat the bushing to get the bolt out , and alot of times ruining the bushing .
if thats the case I rather jsut lower caster to 4. and just redo it .
06-23-15, 10:43 AM
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But, before you go through all that, make sure you aren't getting a line of BS from your shop about it being "flattened".
06-23-15, 01:49 PM
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i would mark where it is too.
also the Rx8's bolts are labeled caster and camber, even though they do both, like the FD. the labels seem to fool most shops, so make sure this isn't you. since you have a race car, just loosen both and pull the bottom of the wheel out and forwards as much as you can, this is max camber/castor.
also the Rx8's bolts are labeled caster and camber, even though they do both, like the FD. the labels seem to fool most shops, so make sure this isn't you. since you have a race car, just loosen both and pull the bottom of the wheel out and forwards as much as you can, this is max camber/castor.
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