Mashurst

Hi folks, as per the title, I had the camber checked on my motor couple of weeks ago and on the near side the camber is -2.28 compared to - 1.37 on the drivers side, and the toe is also out.

It's pretty obvious looking at it from above both sides. Had a quick look at it and it all looks OK, so anyone got any suggestions a to what I should look at first?

RichieST

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Front or rear?

Mashurst

Sorry, front. Rear is pretty much dead on.

RichieST

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Jack it up and check for any play. Knackered wheel bearing, top mount, lower arm bushes or even a bent strut / lower arm could cause it.

Mashurst

Cheers Mate, I'll get under it tomorow

Mashurst

Well, I've jacked it up, no movement at all in the wheel bearings, top mount is fine, strut doesn't look bent, arb looks good (although flaking powder coat), drop links look fine, and there doesn't appear to be any movement in the bushes in the bottom wishbones which both appear to be straight.

So I'm stumped

Intend replacing it all eventually, well, struts, springs drop arms, but it all looks fine at the mo

Lucas_Focus

Bent shock or wheel hub or wishbone.

Shock most common.

STeve

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I have adjustable top mounts which cured any issues I had, think I still have a 2nd set kicking around from a track car, but they dont sell cheap

bigdel

Had a similar prob with my son's MK1 FRS.

Couldn't get the camber right on one side. Pulled the shocks off in the end and found one of them just slightly kinked where they enter the hub. Dunno how it get bent there, maybe a clipped kerb. You couldn't see it while it was on the car but as soon as you took them off and put them side by side is was obvious.
Got a 2nd hand low mileage set and fitted them and it was spot on

Mashurst

Thanks for replies guys

I've poorly in bed since Friday, but the last thing I did was finish off replacing all my springs. Also did front shocks and wishbones. Haven't looked at the shocks in too much detail, but wishbones were fine, but there is a little play in the wishbones rear bolt holes so i reckon if you did one at a time, one side jacked up and din't tighten the bolts in sequence, you might get a fair bit of play. So i had the front all up on stands with both sides hanging when I tightened them, and now it appears to be pretty near spot on Going to get it tracked again in next couple of weeks and see what that says.

Have new shocks for the rear too, but am going to have to wait until I'm fully recovered to go and get new bolts, as there's no way the old ones are coming off