Adjusting camber

[BMFBMF]

Hi Folks, my south african 71 beetle, because of sanctions at the time, kept lots of the older parts when the rest of the world moved forward. Its completely stock but these are the front end parts. Thats why Im asking on this forum. Folks did not know over on the other, later forum.

No camber adjustment possible right?

I just adjusted the toe down to a couple of MM.

Just for fun here a picture of her in 1975, thats me on the far left.

Cheers

BMF
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-----Slava Ukraini-----
1971 Stock South African Beetle 1300 : My mom's european "Thin Chick" spec. Completely stock with torsion bar front, swingaxle rear, smooth hubs, single MC, 40 mm shoes, 31PICT3 carb and 5 bolt drums all round, currently Running a 1976 SF:AS engine with the original SF:AD engine overhauled in a box, waiting to go back in one day.

[chrisflstf]

On link pin setups, there is no adjustment for camber. There are shims on both sides of the link pins that are determined by the offset between the upper and lower torsion arms.

If your camber is off, its either worn or bent parts or possibly the shims are setup wrong .

If you misconfigure the shims to change camber, you will put the suspension in a bind

[rcooled]

[BMFBMF]

Great, thanks guys!
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-----Slava Ukraini-----
1971 Stock South African Beetle 1300 : My mom's european "Thin Chick" spec. Completely stock with torsion bar front, swingaxle rear, smooth hubs, single MC, 40 mm shoes, 31PICT3 carb and 5 bolt drums all round, currently Running a 1976 SF:AS engine with the original SF:AD engine overhauled in a box, waiting to go back in one day.

[VOLKSWAGNUT]

Camber is cast into the parts.. shims are for assembly variances. Camber is NOT adjustable by the shims

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=449284

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[viiking]

You seemed to discount my suggestion that your tyre wear was a toe-in /out issue rather than camber when you asked in the 68 Forum.

Did you check the toe adjustment?

If the link pin setup cannot be adjusted for camber, then perhaps the issue IS toe-in or fast cornering?
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