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VIENTO CAMBER SETTINGS
simonk - 27/3/07 at 11:16 AM

Good afternoon all.

Am changing wheel studs and setting up suspension today but can't easily find any reference to camber settings front and rear.

Any suggestions please ??

Cheers
Simon

wilkingj - 27/3/07 at 11:32 AM

Start with 1 - 1.5 degrees negative (Top of wheels leaning inwards) all round.

I would set the Castor angle first, as all these tend to interact a little, ie moving the mushrooms (unless you have Cortina uprights on the front) can tend to upset each of the other settings as the hole in the mushroom is off centre.

Get Max Castor on that you can (Top joint furthest rearwards in relation to the lower joint) Put top wishbone furthest back, and the bottom furthest forwards to get the max castor angle.

simonk - 27/3/07 at 12:43 PM

Thanks for that, am doing the rear suspension right now. Am ignoring the front at the moment as having followed the previous threads on castor and self-centre I need to strip down the 'bones and move the washers about - I thought I was done playing with the front wishbones, never mind !!

Cheers
Simon

simonk - 27/3/07 at 02:06 PM

Blimey.... 1.5 degrees looks like quite a lot to the eye......

Cheers
Simon

BenB - 27/3/07 at 02:23 PM

Not sure how much I've got on my fronts but they're sure not equal. The front left looks like a touring car its get so much camber on it!!! Certainly makes it twitchy!!!!

kenton - 29/3/07 at 05:14 PM

Just so im 100% clear on this i should put all 3 washers on the front of the top wishbone and all 3 on the rear of the bottom one.
Thanks.

jollygreengiant - 29/3/07 at 05:22 PM

quote:
Originally posted by kenton
Just so im 100% clear on this i should put all 3 washers on the front of the top wishbone and all 3 on the rear of the bottom one.
Thanks.


Yep, that would be a good starting point.

rusty nuts - 29/3/07 at 07:32 PM

While you are playing with the suspension check to make sure the arms move easily with the bolts tight. My Luego crush tubes were too short and I know that others have had the same problem

simonk - 30/3/07 at 11:42 AM

After reading the comments I checked mine out. With the bolts nipped up tight the wishbones move without undue force, but will stay put if left to their own devices (i.e. not under spring pressure).

I spent quite a while with the upper wishbones being moved up and down while setting the camber and the wishbone movement didn't seem overly tight to me.

Once I'm on the road I'll strip a corner after a few thousand miles and see how it looks.

Simon

wilkingj - 30/3/07 at 01:06 PM

quote:
Originally posted by simonk
Blimey.... 1.5 degrees looks like quite a lot to the eye......

Cheers
Simon


Err towards the side of 1 degree.. it will depend on where the balljoint aligns with the locating hole. So can end up being slightly different on each side, as its as near as you can get.