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Rear camber wheel alignment question 850 1995

posted by  someone claiming to be dave on  Fri Aug 29 08:02 CST 2003 [RELATED]

What's the deal with 850 rear camber wheel adjustment?

Anyone make shims?

Make one's own?

Live with it? (Right rear is at -1.6 degrees, slightly out of spec; now there is a bit of cross-camber in the rear; the car tends to follow the crown of the road a bit more than it should, especially under hard acceleration or other rearward weight shift).

Should I just do a little trigonometry and figure out how thick a shim (washer) to make? If so, is it necessary/recommended to fill the space/gap created to keep water (expanding ice) out? If so, with what?

TIA

- Dave; '95 854T, 145K mi


PS: I'm still loving my new Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3s; they are, quite literally, sensational summer performance tires. Unless you frequently find yourself driving on gravel (where their performance is nothing special, and they tend to pick up and retain ~ 1/2" gravel... but it's harmless fun getting the tires to release them once back on pavement...!), I recommend them highly.







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    Rear camber wheel alignment question 850 1995

    posted by  someone claiming to be Frank on  Fri Aug 29 09:58 CST 2003 [RELATED]

    Your rear camber is off because one or both rear trailing arms is bent. It's usually visable too by looking at them from under the car, they should look straight. The cure is replacement trailing arms and they don't come cheap, about $800 for both and 8 hours labor including alignment (to adjust rear toe).
    You might want to live with it unless you're eating tires or the car drifts more than you like it to.







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