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Tracking and camber
I've started fitting my side panels and when they're finished, i'll be tightening up all the locknuts on the suspension.
Can anyone tell me the easiest way to set the initial tracking and camber angle with no specialist tools? Cheers Dave
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first tip your steering track rod ends are in the top they should come from the bottom up with the nut on top.
once that is sorted get your wheels on and sit the car on the ground. if your floor isnt level use bits of wood or what ever you have under the wheels so the car is on a level surface. To set the camber front and back use a normal level place it from the vertically from the top of the rim to the bottom not on the tyre and get the bubble in the middle. with that done you know the camber is at 0deg on all 4 wheels. the rear caber should be set at 0 so thats already donein the last step. on the front wind the top ball joints in by about 2mm from what they were at 0 deg that should give you about 1-1.5 deg negative camber. (it did on mine) for the front toe set the wheels straight then turn each trackrod in by 1 turn which should give about 0.5deg toe in. any more and it wont self centre. if it doesn't self centre toe it out more. it wont be perfect but to should be something near
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Make sure the discs are held tight with the wheel nuts and measure the gap at the front of the disc from one side to the other,then measure the same from the rear face of the disc.
When both distances are the same it should give parallel tracking. As for the camber place something under the lower arms to load the suspension and use a level on the round part of the hub with the hex in the middle to see if it is going in or out in the vertical plane. Negative/the top in is what you need,the width of the bubble is probably a good start. Hope it makes some sense .
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Cheers for the tips guys.
That trackrod isn't in, it's just balanced there at the moment. I took it out to help get the side panel on. (it was in the right way up :P)
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Dave,
your car is looking great It won,t be long before its rolled out of the lockup & given its first time in daylight I like the way its sort of "winking" at the camera in that first photo cheers andy |
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Cheers Andy.
Yea, shouldnt be too long now. I got the 2 front tyres fitted this evening, so once i've finished painting the wheels it should be ready for its first day outside. If we finally get rid of this annoying weather!
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david, what nose cone are you using, looks really nice, cheers
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