camber adjustment?

[LazyLunatic]

undo the two bolts a bit,  that hold the suspension to the hub and pull/push the disc, to get the camber you want,. i pushed mine all the way in, looks good and improved my handling a bit. but its not too extreme.

LL

[Wayne]

Words of caution coming next.

Running excessive camber looks good but means you will knacker your tyres in double quick time

I am running mine at standard settings, even lowered you should not need to go to far outside these settings.

[LazyLunatic]

Words of caution coming next.

Running excessive camber looks good but means you will knacker your tyres in double quick time

I am running mine at standard settings, even lowered you should not need to go to far outside these settings.

the only place that can set camber using lasers and computers near me charges £80, which is more than i paid for my tyres, and the wear aint too bad, cause it doesnt let you put on an extreme degree of camber. Also to get even camber either, i needed to push it all the way, cause its hard to make them both exactly dead centre.

thanks for the warning though m8, but all is good.

LL

[Drewcole]

My front wheels are running negitive camber i think (the top of the wheel sticks out more than the bottom?), it was like it when I picked it up and has killed the tyres!
It had new ball joints on, could this have effected the camber of the wheels if it wasn't done correctly?

I may try and adjust them myself untill I can get it sorted, what 2 bolts are they that need to be undone to do this?

[Wayne]

My front wheels are running negitive camber i think (the top of the wheel sticks out more than the bottom?), it was like it when I picked it up and has killed the tyres!
It had new ball joints on, could this have effected the camber of the wheels if it wasn't done correctly?

I may try and adjust them myself untill I can get it sorted, what 2 bolts are they that need to be undone to do this?

Easy, remove the front wheel and you will see two bolts holding the shock to the hub upright, loosen off and push the hub in try and set them the same if poss.

[Drewcole]

My front wheels are running negitive camber i think (the top of the wheel sticks out more than the bottom?), it was like it when I picked it up and has killed the tyres!
It had new ball joints on, could this have effected the camber of the wheels if it wasn't done correctly?

I may try and adjust them myself untill I can get it sorted, what 2 bolts are they that need to be undone to do this?

Easy, remove the front wheel and you will see two bolts holding the shock to the hub upright, loosen off and push the hub in try and set them the same if poss.

Sweet I'll give that a go at the weekend, wanted to get that sorted before I put new tyres on... which cost loads for 16" wheels!!!!!!

[Paul86S2]

My front wheels are running negitive camber i think (the top of the wheel sticks out more than the bottom?), it was like it when I picked it up and has killed the tyres!
It had new ball joints on, could this have effected the camber of the wheels if it wasn't done correctly?

That will be positive camber.

Standard Mk3 Golf front camber should be between -0.20 and -1.00 degree.

Running the wrong camber will wear your tyres down pretty quickly usually on the inside or outside edge. Any changes to your suspension or steering rack will have an effect on your steering geometry. So you should get it checked and reset shortly after making any changes.

Setting your camber to maximum both sides will not guarantee that both sides are set to the same camber. You can buy camber gauges for anything from £30 upwards, or look for a local branch of Protyre if they have them in your area, they set my camber for £7 a side plus vat.

Paul

[Drewcole]

I'm going to get it all sorted out soon, probably going to change the wheels and new tryes so will have it done at the same time. For the time being though I should give it a go as the tryes can't take much more I don't think!

[Rmachines]

A lot of people dont realise as soon as you touch the strut pinch bolts the camber will be out, you can usualy match it back up again by looking at the marks the nuts have made but if some one has fitted new shocks then it will be out slightly,  and running possitive camber or negitive for that matter does eat the tires big time.  just doesnt look so good, remeber you need to have your tracking done if you touch the camber as well 

[don_231]

ok, so what would have affected my camber in the 1st place, aftermarket shocks/wheels?

lowering in any way. removing shocks annd if its had a good smack on one of the wheels to name a few others