Excessive rear camber

[Steve108]

I looked at a '72 914 today. I am wondering what would cause a huge amount of rear camber through? Is this a really bad sign?

Thanks,

Steve

[mattr_914]

Camber is set with shims between the control arm mount and chassis. If you have excessive negative camber, you may have no shims. If someone took off the rear suspension and didnt put the shims back, you would have lots of rear camber.

It could also be a bent chassis or an elongated inner ear hole, but lets think positive... check for shims.

[Dave at Pelican Parts]

If it's only on the right side, there's a pretty decent chance that one or the other of the suspension pickup points for that wheel have broken off the car due to rust....

--DD

[Steve108]

Both sides do that. Its still fixable though - yes?

Thanks for the help.

[John Rogers]

You might want to check the bushings since if both sides are affected they usually wear out together and could allow the trailing arm to twist some. It would not take much to make the wheel's camber change a bunch. One thing to think about, just because there is a lot of clearance between the fender and the top of the wheel does not mean a lot of negative camber. I would measure it with the car level to be sure and you can refer to my alignment article (on the sire here) for camber measurements using a carpenter's square.