spring btdt...

[Larry C Leung]

Agreed. On my car, the camber adjustment (forgot how at the moment,
tooooooo cold and breezy to look under the car right now) was fine. The
toe adjusters were frozen, and the tire wear came from the resultant
excessive toe out. I didn't have the time to fix things for about a
month, and my tires (and I paid).

LL - NY

On Sat, 29 Dec 2001 11:58:10 -0600 (CST) Robert Deis <rdeis at io.com>
writes:
>On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, jason snider wrote:
>>
>> I have the H&Rs and also have problems with the camber. I'm glad I
>saw this
>> post, cuz I thought it was the subframe out of alignment.  But, only
>one
>> side is extremely out. Would that be due to the springs?
>
>Could be- anytime you lower a car you affect the camber settings. If
>the
>camber isn't adjustable you'll need to do something heavy to fix it
>like
>slotting the mounts.
>
>On my 86, though, the camber *is* adjustable, so I'm a bit confused by
>all
>this talk of problems with camber-- unless the stock adjustments are
>insufficient?
>
>One of our Denver shops (Champagne) told me that there wouldn't be a
>camber problem with H&R or Eibach (assuming you can find Eibach..)
>and
>people with camber trouble are lowering too agressively...
>
>> Tire wear is a
>> problem for me too, just like you said about eating
>> away at the inside.
>
>Bad toe and/or camber will cause this.
>
>> Is 2B the only place that can correct this?
>
>Any good race shop or auto machine shop should be able to slot the
>mounts
>for more camber adjustment. 2Bennet gets more confidence bacause they
>specialize in Audis.
>
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