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| posted on October 20th, 2016 at 06:00 PM |
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HELP with camber adjustment
Help needed.......
70 Beetle.
Just tried to get a wheel alignment done. Left side is OK, BUT they can't get the correct Camber on the right side. The adjustment goes from 4 1/2
degrees positive to 1 1/12 degrees positive. Won't go any lower than 1 1/2..
Any ideas of where the fault could be?
Have not long had it, so no idea of history.
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| posted on October 20th, 2016 at 06:27 PM |
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Check the 4 ball joints first for wear or loose u need a VW tool to do this under load
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| posted on October 20th, 2016 at 09:33 PM |
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Pop the balljoints from the spindle. You'll be able to tell by hand if they're knackered or not. Sloppy or really loose is no good. Unless very new
then they should still have some resistance when you move the ball in it's socket.
If the joints are OK then you next have to check the torsion arm bearings and finally see if the lower arm is bent as a heavy curbing can bend them.
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| posted on October 21st, 2016 at 05:10 AM |
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Something is bent. Have a good look at the arms. The person doing the wheel alignment should be able to work out what is wrong.
I read it on samba, so it must be correct.
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| posted on October 21st, 2016 at 07:05 AM |
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Has the beam been cut and welded for lowering, if not done correctly the leaves can be off set to one side, you can buy adjusters with more camber but
its better to find the cause first
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| posted on October 29th, 2016 at 07:27 PM |
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UPDATE.....
found the right lower balljoint was sloppy, so replaced both upper and lower.
Back for another try at wheel aligning......... Still cannot get the right side camber right.
So now going to TRY to see if something is bent.
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| posted on October 30th, 2016 at 06:03 AM |
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Go somewhere else for a wheel alignment. If the retard couldn't work out that the ball joint was worn, I wouldn't be letting him touch my car.
I read it on samba, so it must be correct.
Sometimes Volkswagen dealers sell spare parts. Amazing isn't it!
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| posted on October 30th, 2016 at 06:58 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by AA003
Go somewhere else for a wheel alignment. If the retard couldn't work out that the ball joint was worn, I wouldn't be letting him touch my car.
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VERY good point!
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| posted on October 30th, 2016 at 05:38 PM |
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Check the 4 ball joints first for wear or loose u need a VW tool to do this under load
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As I said it has to be checked with VW tool under load
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| posted on October 30th, 2016 at 10:10 PM |
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Yea, I had a guy get the total toe right but the individual was totally ballsed up.
It ain't rocket science but alas there are some folks who have trouble tying their shoes 
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| posted on December 11th, 2016 at 05:30 AM |
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All sorted. Thanks for the help.
Turned out to be bent control arms..
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| posted on December 11th, 2016 at 03:52 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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All sorted. Thanks for the help.
Turned out to be bent control arms..
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Glad you got to the bottom of it
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