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rear toe and camber ??
Can someone explain to me how the rear swing arms and adjustments actually work to adjust toe and camber?
I had my car on the machine today and had it all alligned, I just don't see HOW it works. It did work but how is my question. Anyone have any dummy diagrams? Thanks, just trying to learn, Shawn
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Shawn 77 Targa with 2.7 My never-ending work in progress that has been off the road since Mar 2004 
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07-08-2002, 08:19 PM
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Shawn;
There are two slots on your rear spring plates, one is verticle (for toe adjustment) and the other is horizontal (for camber). In each of these slots is an offset bushing. Think of these as bolts where the shaft is offset to one side. Toe is adjusted by rotating the toe bushing in the vertical slot. Because the hole is a slot, up and down movements of the offset portion of the bushing don't change anything, but forward and back movements of the bushing pull the hub carrier (aka: "Banana" or rear trailing arm) back and forth. For the same reason, the horizontal slot for the camber adjuster allows it to move back and forth freely. As the hub moves back and forth, it pivots on an arc centered the inner bearing of the banana. The result is that the tire will toe in or out. The camber works the same way, but in a vertical direction. Did that help?
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07-09-2002, 04:32 AM
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1969 Porsche 911E 2.0 E
