Front camber adjustment problems.

[CMXI]

Just came from the shop today after a corner weight and wheel alignment job on my 911- 1984.

Amazingly i had managed to get all the weights spot on by just luck when putting the car back together..
For example in the front it differs approx 2 kg with half a tank and me in the car.'
In cant remember exactly what the weights were in the rear but it was close enough to not need an adjustment.

The camber and toe in the rear was no problem and was set to -2.4 deg camber and 2mm toe in.

In the front the toe was set to 0.5 deg out.

Now to the problem.
The camber in the front was impossible to get right.
On the drivers side (the left side) the camber could be adjusted between -2.2 to -3.5 deg.

But on the passenger side it was only possible to adjust between -0 to -1.6 deg.

We looked all around and cant find any problem.
The chassis is straight as far as the eye can see. No signs of damage or repairs.
The A-arms are identical and correctly mounted.
The struts and spindles are straight and no damage observed.
The ball joint does not show any signs of damage.
The beam underneath the car is correctly installed.
The top of the strut is correctly assembled.


Now i need any tip on what can cause this!!!

Is there different struts and spindels?? Are there spindels with different angles for the 911???

Best regards
Patrick Hansson

A picture of the car.

[Oh Haha]

Is the factory undercoating still present? If so, did the tech chip/scrape it off to do the adjustments?

If not, you will not be able to get the full camber range.

[JP911]

Your passenger side front sounds about right for stock struts and strut tops, but the driver's side has way more negative than is attainable without some serious modifications. The most common cause of this is a damaged strut. You mentioned that you checked it, but did you take measurements and compare them to the other strut? You may not be able to tell if there's damage by simply looking at the strut.

[CMXI]

Ok thanks. Next job is replacing the brakes. Ill have a go at the front suspension then!!

[moneymanager]

It's a Porsche. There are variations. No one has ever hit my car and the suspension is straight but one side would go, before mods, to 1.2° and the other could get 1.6°. Usually both sides are set to the smaller number at the front and the rear is that plus 0.5--1.0°. If you are not happy with these numbers you need to look at the various tricks/hardware changes there are to get more. But you certainly don't need more for street use.