Can't get enough negative camber...

[Larry" <rocco16v@netzero.com (Larry)]

Ron-
  Yours sounds like a classic case of a non-level floor.
If your floor is off perfect level by only 1 degree (and that is not much),
it will make the gravity-powered measurements off by -1degree on one side of
the car and off by +1 degree on the other side.
 Here's how you might be able to get around this:  with the hood up, lay a
straight edge...it must be straight... across the tops of the fenders.  Use
your angle finder to measure the angle at which the car is sitting.  You
will then add this angle to the camber angle on one side of the car,
subtract this angle from the other side to give true camber for each wheel.
HTH.
ps. You still may need to get Potter's bolts.....:)

Larry   sandiego16V
----- Original Message -----
From: Allyn <amalventano1@home.com>
To: Ron Pieper <rapieper@yahoo.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 6:44 AM
Subject: Re: Can't get enough negative camber...


> Ron,
>     Get the bolts from the potter people.
> Al
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Pieper" <rapieper@yahoo.com>
> To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 8:51 AM
> Subject: Can't get enough negative camber...
>
>
> > I began to try my hand at a homebrew alignment today...and found that I
> > couldn't get near enough negative camber on the driver's side (I was
> > shooting for -1 deg., could get only -1/2 deg.)  Passenger side is
> > fine, there's more than enough.  To measure, I'm using a
> > gravity-powered angle finder on a standoff I made so I could check at
> > the rim (vs. tire).  The floor is level (well, how level is level
> > enough?).
> >
> > I pushed all the slack from the top bolt slot (where the eccentric
> > fits), using a hammer even.  I tried filing out the top holes in the
> > strut housing to gain more adjustment. I removed the balljoint and
> > filed its holes oval and pulled it out as far as I could. I swapped
> > control arms with a spare (and put poly bushings on in the process).
> > Gain?  Basically zilch...gotta conclude the car was hit sometime.
> > FWIW, I'm not using camber plates, just old-style factory strut
> > bearings.
> >
> > The doofus at the VW parts desk has never heard of so-called "crash
> > bolts" that are supposed to give more adjustmen over the original
> > eccentric bolts...the owner of the local import FLAPS can't get them.
> > Looking at the setup, I'm wondering if such an animal does indeed
> > exist...any help here?
> >
> > Any other thoughts or suggestions most appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ron
> >
> >
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