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 HappyDaze
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| posted on October 24th, 2011 at 08:26 AM |
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posted by Gracey
All this talk about eccentric camber adjusters has got me wanting to install the set I just bought.
What is the best/easiest way to remove the camber adjuster from the ball joint??
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Nice move there, Gracey.......changing the subject before it got too heated.
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Aussie Dubbin
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| posted on October 24th, 2011 at 11:59 AM |
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Mate, i just put my olld ones for a few months before i bought the new one and greased it up, but it still seized on. They are a bugger to seperate.
If you are replacing the ball jint you can heat the nut up with a decent oxy, and give it a decent crack, otherwise i pressed mine out and there was a
lot of resistance. The two 5mm plates i was resting under either side of the adjusters bent before the adjuster cracked out.
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Aussie Dubbin
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| posted on October 24th, 2011 at 12:05 PM |
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So guys its a pretty healthy discussion which i great.
I will not just be setting my camber at the notch forward position, or max camber, or min camber. I hope to have some changes over time.
let me put it another way...
If i use the hole as the point if importance/ reference point and discuss how it would change through the following clock position if 12 oclock is
straight ahead to the front of the car, parallel with the center tunnel.
Left hand side;
3 oclock will give me the least amount of camber through this nut adjustment
9 oclock will give me the most camber (read as about 4 or 5* negative on my car)
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 posted on October 24th, 2011 at 12:08 PM |
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My original ones used to be easy to move but now they look like part of the ball joint.. YIKES..
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Aussie Dubbin
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| posted on October 24th, 2011 at 12:08 PM |
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If i set my nut to 12 oclock i have reduced my wheel base (the tiniest bit) right?
adversley if i set it to 6 oclock then i have lengthen the wheelbase right?
So which would be preferable? Suggesting yuo set each side to the same amount/rotation...
Is it of little consequence as the major castor change has come through the angle of the car and the number of castor shims.
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| posted on October 24th, 2011 at 04:32 PM |
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posted by Aussie Dubbin
Mate, i just put my olld ones for a few months before i bought the new one and greased it up, but it still seized on. They are a bugger to seperate.
If you are replacing the ball jint you can heat the nut up with a decent oxy, and give it a decent crack, otherwise i pressed mine out and there was a
lot of resistance. The two 5mm plates i was resting under either side of the adjusters bent before the adjuster cracked out.
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mmm yeah, they can be tight, I normally use a tie rod end removal tool or press if the arms out.
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