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Camber angle spindle adjustment question

Posted: 27 Jun 2007, 11:59
by camper
I have been reading page 176 fig 8.14 hard back Haynes manual all models 1979 to 1982. Reading adjustment of camber is carried out by turning wishbone spindle after slackening retaining nut.Fig 8.14 shows right arrow clockwise or anticlockwise to turn.I have a positive camber wear on the near side tyre which means the wheel is tilted outwards at the top of the vertical.Can any one tell which way i should turn the spindle to bring back the wheel to vertical.Apparently there ar two eccentric washers on the upper wishbone inner mounting spindle that are altered in position when the spindle is turned.

Posted: 27 Jun 2007, 15:21
by Westy.Club.Joker
Slacken the nut and try turning the bolt head clockwise, and see how that goes, if it`s wrong turn it the other way. It`s not a case of just turning it a bit to see if it gets better, you need to use some sort of gauge to get it correctly set at zero degrees. I used a simple spirit level vertically against the wheel rim making sure that the `van was on a dead level surface first.

Posted: 27 Jun 2007, 16:24
by camper
Okay thanks for your advice.I will use the spirit level method as suggest.