[mark houghton]

Originally Posted by Alan L

The rear camber is a simple adjustment. One of the bolts in the spring plate is for camber. So all you need is a way to measure it - spirit level. In the vertical mode. If you like I will post a pic in a few days. But the spirit level can give you a dead vertical reference point. Then you measure how far off vertical the wheel rim is. That will be the distance from the inside edge of the level to the top of the rim. The more camber (-ve) the bigger the distance. Set to same distance as the good side. Or alternatively using trig you can calculate these number (distance) in to degrees. But in your case your other wheel is the useful reference point. The only snag to overcome is that the fenders will stop you lining the bottom of the spirit level against the lower part of the rim - and still getting the level to vertical. So you have to chock the bottom of the level out far enough so it can sit against the bottom of the rim and still get to the vertical without hitting the fender. Then measure the gap at top and compare to other wheel. Simple. I do my own alignments on the track machine, and corner balances.
Regards
Alan

Thanks Alan, I'm starting to do some research on this and your input helps bunches. It seems that everything I've read so far has alignment being done with the car on jack stands and the trailing arms drooping un-loaded. Maybe that's a proper starting point, but I suspect the final true reading is with the tires on the ground with the suspension fully loaded. Your thoughts?