My car has the too much negative camber on front wheels. The suspension is standard spec without any modifications. Stock wheels, springs, shocks. The alignment shop can set camber on front no more than -1.X degrees. What is the cause? How to fix?
My car has the too much negative camber on front wheels. The suspension is standard spec without any modifications. Stock wheels, springs, shocks. The alignment shop can set camber on front no more than -1.X degrees. The front wheels outspread obviously. What is the cause? How to fix?
Confused on the mention of negative camber and front wheels being "outspread". Are you talking about toe-in? Or are you talking about toe-in/out as a result of the negative camber? You might have the shop check carefully for front end damage that might have repositioned the lower control arm(s).
I was thinking this too, but the OP stated the bushings had been replaced and I took that as only the bushings had been replaced, not the entire LCA, but I agree if the wrong LCA was installed at that time, then this all starts to come into alignment. (okay, bad pun)
A bit of a long shot, but be sure the alignment shop is releasing the front swaybar bushings at the lower control arm before they try to set the camber. If they are not released it may be possible they are preventing the suspension adjustment from achieving it's full adjustment range. Releasing the bushings is called out in the factory alignment procedure.
I was thinking to the adjusting bolts and the arm's bushing too.
I noticed that every time after the car was lifted up to the hoist and the wheels left the ground. When released back to the ground, the front of the car has a higher level than before it was lifted up (camber about zero or a little bit positive). And when driving, the steering felt smoother and lighter weight. But after driven for a few kilometers, the front level went back to that before lifting. Is it possible that the adjusting bolts are failed? However, I have marked the position of the eccentric bolts after the alignment and found none of them repositioned. My friend still insisted that the eccentric bolts are failed but they will not be observed. I will feel the improvement after replacing them. Is he true?
For the arm's bushings. Once I replaced the lower ball joints. When locking the control arms, the previous technician has tightened the LCA nuts on the hoist (wheels off the ground). He pressed the LCA up by jack until it reached 90 degrees to the ground and fully tighten the nuts (He also marked the position of the nuts before removing the LCA in order for me not to do the alignment again). After moving the car to the ground, my car has an equivalent level between front and rear. I thought that the front would lower its level as usual after driving for a while. But no, I drove for almost a month and found the front level was not lowered as expected. So the car at that time has zero or little positive camber on front wheels. But after a few weeks later, I went to the alignment shop to did an alignment for more precision. I found when tighten the LCA nuts when wheel standing on the ground, the front lowered its level to the previous level. So should I lifted up the car again to loose and tighten the LCA nuts on the hoist as the previous technician did?
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