Began with the right rear yesterday. Camber was at 1.3 degrees per my Longacre digital caster/caber gauge. My goal is 0.6. The adjustment process entailed removing a heim joint from the upper control arm and rotating said heim joint an unknown number of times and reinstalling. Very archaic process.
Required pulling wheel, removing the bolt, and then finding the 6 large washers that just scattered everywhere. I guessed and spun the heim joint out 2 full rotations and reinstalled everything, with the only difference being I was forced to place all 6 washers on the forward side of the joint (pre-removal was 5 forward and 1 rearward). The process of lifting the hub assembly up to align it w/ the hiem joint and sliding the bolt through, while inserting all the washers as you go was a real pita. Add grease from the hiem joint, working in the confines of the wheel arch, poor lighting and a beer or two or three…made for an interesting situation.
Post job camber reading was .2. However, I don’t trust this number because even after bouncing the car up/down & rolling it back/forth, the tire was still skewed from the jacking process (verified this by comparing before/after measurement on opposite rear wheel). Will have to drive the car around the block to settle everything down and re-measure. Will report out once done. Would be nice to know that 1 rotation equals x degrees of camber. If I came out too far…get to do it all over again….
Once rear camber is done, it’s on to front caster.
