can i camber the rear wheels? if so how?
 

This might be a stupis question but i have a 1982 porsche sc and was wondering if i could camber my rear wheels slightly, weird thing is one side rubbs very rarely if im driving quick on turns but the passenger side never rubs. I was wondering if i can slightly camber the rear wheels is that possible on torsion bars????? if so how?? thanks a bunch

There are toe and camber adjusters on the spring arms. It's not unusual for a car to rub on the driver's side and not the other. Most euro car 4 wheel alignment shops can handle this, but you can get specific recommendations for your area.

Search the site for some great info. Here's a good pic for starters:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1131886618.jpg

If you change the camber, you also change the toe which means you'll need to do an alignment anyway. Why not have the camber done at the same time?

Is this something i will be able to do? if not any one know of ne good places in california i live in northridge , ca 91344. Thanks

Small camber change in the rear will not affect toe enough to matter. You should be able to handle it.

Are you running stock wheels and tires? The rear of an sc has plenty of room and I've only seen rubbing with the wrong tire sizes or someone putting 275's for track work. Rubbing in the front is more common.

Post your tire sizes if possible. A pic would help with ride height as well. Perhaps you're too low?

As already noted, it is possible to adjust just the camber but there may be something else going on. Might as well check the basics before bringing it into a shop.

Johnson's in Torrance and West End in Gardena. Both specialize in Porsches and can do anything you need. Ask to have you car corner balanced at the same time. If you're loosening things up, you might as well.

Oh, and I almost forgot :eek: TRE Motorsports in Van Nuys

guys,
Looking at ZOA NOM's pic above, I see 4 visible bolts there. 2 front are for height, 2 rear are for camber/toe, there are another 2 lock bolts behind the caliper.

My quesion is about camber only. On one side of my rear, there is a little too much negative, so I want to straighten it up a little bit. Do I just need to play with the camber bolt (4th from the front) or I have to loose any other bolt to adjust camber?

Thanks.

You need to loosen the two bolts near the brake caliper that connect the spring plate to the trailing arm and the nut holding the camber eccentric. For small adjustments, you won't need to loosen the toe eccentric, and the other two bolts (closest to the torsion bar) are for height adjustment only. Be sure to mark the spring plate as a reference, and get a good understanding of how the system works before you start making changes. Finally, know that a small change in the camber eccentric results in relatively large changes in camber.

Jon,
So total only 3 nuts/bolts am I touching for small camber adjustment, correct? Thanks very much. The explanation above made me more secured.
Thank you.

Correct.

is there a way to subscribe to every thing zoa nom is on.

its not for the precision advice and incredibly informative detail......

and the avatar too :D

Instead of mssing around with camber, why not just raise the rear a few mm? it shouldn't screw up the corner balance and it might take care of the problem.

Plus, it's waayyyyyy easier. You could even just raise the DS to take care of the problem. BTW-did I mention that I really like your car?:D

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1244638310.jpg

(Wayne pulled this pic off of another thread)

Beautiful car, as mentioned many times in the other thread! :)

You mentioned in the other thread that you run 1.25" spacers out back. Is it possible to run maybe a .75" spacer or something closer to that size? It seems to me that you have just a smidge too much tire/wheel offset. Maybe you can bring the wheel inboard slightly?

If I lived that close to TRE I wouldn't even consider taking it anywhere else.

Heck, we don't live near TRE and that's where we go!