Rear Camber

[Warviking]

I was looking at my rear wheels the other day and noticed that the top of the wheel comes in a bit. Reading through some posts I believe this is the camber? Is there some way to measure if mine is ok? I recently got new tires and the previous tires had even tread so I wasn't worried about alignment. Car goes perfectly straight. I have included a pic that I think shows it pretty well. Using a big T I can see there is about a 2cm different from top to bottom.

[jluetjen]

Visually your tire doesn't look unreasonable. If the wear was fine on your previous set of tires and the car drives straight with no pulling, I'd assume that it is alright. If you really want to know what it is you'll need to measure it with alignment equipment. Once you've done that it's really a question of understanding what you want the rear camber to be. That's a more complex question but if you do a search through this BBS on "alignment", "camber" or "do it yourself alignment" you'll probably learn more then you want to.

[Zeke]

Looks like qutie a bit of camber for the street. Check the orientation of your rear torsion tubes that are attached to the spring plates. As you look at the end sticking out, it should be in the center of the outboard bushing bracket. When the factory rubber bushings get tired and worn, the tube moves up in the hole and you get lots of negative camber whether you want it or not.

[Jeff Alton]

The factory spec is 1 degree negative. I run 2 degrees, but my car sees a lot of track time. At 2 degrees you see it in tire wear, the inside edge does certainly wear faster.

Jeff