+ camber on front drivers Y33 Wheel...

[Louis Cyphier]

I know the tension rod bushings are leaking and have new ones sitting in the car ready to be pressed into the t-rods. Would a overly bad bushing cause this?

I pulled the front suspension out recently to lower it, and placed bearing caps back in as described in the manual.

It's only the passenger side wheel thats sporting + camber too... which co-incidently has the + camber as well.

[maxnix]

But didn't you play chop suey with your springs? If so, who knows?

[Louis Cyphier]

i indeed did, but both springs were cut identically, seated back into their perches. besides the upper strut mount doesnt allow for camber adjustment up top. it mounts a certian way with a flat edge on the strut shaft making sure the strut shaft is where its supposed to be

[one ton garage]

Jack the car up again.. and then lower it, while having someone sort of hold the top of the wheel in, to make sure it doesn't camber out positive as the car settles down on the ground. if that works, and the car ends up "normal," then yah, you got a bad bushing somewhere that's got a little too much slop in it. But while it's up in the air, double check if there's any eccentric bolts that might have shifted the last time you messed around with the suspension (like maybe the lca uses an eccentric for camber adjustment, and it got tweaked inward, etc...)

[Louis Cyphier]

thanks Van. I'll try that.

Although looking at the service manuals it doesnt recally call out anything for front camber adjustment.

damn cars. im thinking its gotta be the tension rod arm bushing

[Falkdesigns]

There is no way I'm aware of the alter front camber with stock components. When mine was lowered 2" with the Tein's, it eneded up at roughly 2 degrees negative camber in front. I don't see how it could be the tension rod bushing either, that merely keeps the control arms from moving forward or backward.