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b15605
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 Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2018 7:17 am Post subject: camber bolt initial setting |
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| I am rebuilding my 73 super beetle from the ground up. I am about to install the control arms and, of course, the camber adjustment bolt. My question is there an initial setting that is recommended as a starting point as to position of this bolt? |
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vwoldbug
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| Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2018 9:28 am Post subject: Re: camber bolt initial setting |
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| If you're taking it in for an alignment try to adjust the bolts so the wheels look straight up and down . |
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b15605
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| Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2018 10:09 am Post subject: Re: camber bolt initial setting |
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| No where near that. It is a bare chassis with no body on it. Jist doig preliminary reassembly of the front and and looking for a starting point on those bolts as I didnt record that when I disassembled. |
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mark tucker
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| Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2018 12:10 pm Post subject: Re: camber bolt initial setting |
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| like he said. get the wheels straight Up&down so it dont look all wonkey when you look at it....but....dont the struts mount to the body? so...then dont wory just do it when the body is back on. |
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green1303
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| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2019 6:25 pm Post subject: Re: camber bolt initial setting |
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The camber setting when you first assemble the front end is unimportant, because you’re not going to drive it much farther than the alignment shop initially, and those eccentric washers don’t give you enough range to throw off the camber by enough to notice it between home and there.
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FeelthySanchez
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| Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2019 4:59 pm Post subject: Re: camber bolt initial setting |
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| b15605 wrote: |
| No where near that. It is a bare chassis with no body on it. Jist doig preliminary reassembly of the front and and looking for a starting point on those bolts as I didnt record that when I disassembled. |
Cart is before the horse.
The initial setting will be rough/crude, so don't sweat trying to repeat any of the factory components setting/install points & here's why: you're now starting from scratch. The OEM body-to-pan relationship is gone, & so are all the reference points.
Bolt-on the body & suspension components, eyeball the geometry, then limp over to the shop for a real FE alignment.
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viiking
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| Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2019 2:00 am Post subject: Re: camber bolt initial setting |
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This is a photo of how I removed the arm before the camber was changed. Hopefully this might help you with your setting.
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mark tucker
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| Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2019 10:39 am Post subject: Re: camber bolt initial setting |
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| thats not a super.... |
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viiking
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| Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2019 3:05 pm Post subject: Re: camber bolt initial setting |
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| Sorry, my bad. I didn't read the post properly. Mine's not a super. |
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