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Brisbane, Queensland
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April 2003
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 Eeek Positive Camber on our KE30
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Thu, 13 October 2005 08:17
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So, we've got our project rolla..
Now, some time between disassembly for painting and re-assembly something has gone awry in the front suspension. We appear to have gained a degree or two of *positive* camber and the steering feel on straight ahead is very vague.
What are we likely to have messed up? Are the strut tops offset? Can we have put anything else in backwards? Would love to solve it to rego it tomorrow.
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Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
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January 2003
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Re: Eeek Positive Camber on our KE30
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Thu, 13 October 2005 08:26
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afaik, the strut tops have no choice but to sit sungly in the hole provided (or is that KE1/2X?)
umm, steering arms/LCA's back to front? where is the ball joint relative to the steering arm centreline?
each deg is about 10mm of top of bottom strut movement... roughly... so something is out 1-2cm...
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October 2005
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Re: Eeek Positive Camber on our KE30
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Thu, 13 October 2005 13:45
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I forget if they have castor adjustment, but if you can, adjust the radius rod forward a bit. This will hopefully bring the wishbone forward a little, pushing the wheel outward, which will neutralise the camber and probably add some toe out.
Gotta love how changing 1 thing affects all 3 angles on a wheel
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Location:
Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
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January 2003
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Re: Eeek Positive Camber on our KE30
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Thu, 13 October 2005 14:13
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but for it to make 10-20mm difference in strut angle is a helluvalot of castor...
although she does seem to be sitting a little high??
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Location:
Canberra
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December 2002
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Re: Eeek Positive Camber on our KE30
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Fri, 14 October 2005 01:26
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| oldcorollas wrote on Fri, 14 October 2005 00:13 |
although she does seem to be sitting a little high??
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Hmmm i was just about to point that out....
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May 2002
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Re: Eeek Positive Camber on our KE30
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Fri, 14 October 2005 01:44
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It does seem high  .
My old KE38 had the centre hole in the strut top slightly offset so rotating it would change the camber/castor ever so slightly (it was stock item). My ke25 however had the centre hole in the centre.
Don't think it would make the kind of difference you are experiencing though but it may be possible that the strut top has an offset bolt hole and was refitted in a rotated position to what it originally was??
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Location:
Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
Registered:
January 2003
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Re: Eeek Positive Camber on our KE30
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Fri, 14 October 2005 04:15
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| oldcorollas wrote on Fri, 14 October 2005 00:13 |
but for it to make 10-20mm difference in strut angle is a helluvalot of castor...
although she does seem to be sitting a little high??
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meaning that if you have enough droop, and the LCA's are onlike a 30deg angle. they WILL pull in by 10 or 20mm (think of circle geometry), adn you will get more +ve camber....
if it's higher for shock travel.. maybe consider lowering the pivot point of the LCA's at the crossmember.... or it's on the total cheap.. lower the cross-member  loer CG also 
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Location:
Canberra
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June 2005
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