Alignment woes
Having just completed lowering and corner balancing my '86, I went in today for a 4 wheel alignment.
The car is 25 inches front fender, 24.5 inches rear fender. Agressive, but not an extreme lowering. The car has never been hit to my knowledge.
The guy could not get the rear into spec. Here is what I ended up with:
Rear Spec
measure min max actual
Camber L -1.16 -.84 -.69
Camber R -1.16 -.84 -1.11
Toe L 0.0 .31 .32
Toe R 0.0 .31 .46
Only 1 of 4 measures is in range! He claims the eccentric bolts that do the adjustment did not have enough to dial it in. I was standing there but did not turn the wrenches myself.
We got the front in range except for Camber.
Front Spec
measure min max actual
Camber L -.16 +.16 -1.30
Camber R -.16 +.16 -1.08
The left side was at the end of the adjustable range (the negative camber could not be reduced). This I did check myself, much to the iritation of the guy doing the work. The bolts are at the end of the slots.
The right side could adjust to a lower value, but I had him raise the camber to try and match the left side (he wasn't quit there).
Now a bit more negative camber than stock is a good thing. Idealy I probably would have asked for -1.0 camber front to try to keep tire wear down. So I don't think I am too bad with the front.
But the rear is just not right.
On to my questions -
Why does my car have insufficient adjustment range to bring it into spec?
How can I fix this?
Am I going to see poor handling or tire wear with these existing values?
Thanks
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Chuck - '86 Cab, '77 Targa, Family Truckster
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