DIYS Camber Alignment How To

[Whitfield]

Thanks to Sapien for the Camber Alignment information and coresponding mathmatical formula

Do It Yourself Camber Alignment[/u]

If you understand a little basic trig you will see how this works. 

materials needed:
a long level
2-ft or 3-ft carpenters square (must be tall enough to reach from the ground to the top of your wheel/rim)
small ruler with mm increments
calculator with trig functions

1) first park your vehicle on a level surface.  it must be exactly level from left to right, otherwise the angles will be off
2) measure your wheel diameter from edge to edge along the centerline and convert to mm. 
    for example, a 16" wheel might actually be about 17" at the outer edges; x 25.4 = 432 mm.  let this measurement = d
3) place the carpenters square on the ground perpendicular to and butted up against the wheel. 
    the lower leg of the square should be level on the ground and the upper leg should be plumb and aligned with the vertical centerline of the wheel
4) measure the distance from the edge of the square to the bottom edge of the rim, = b
5) measure the distance from the edge of the square to the top edge of the rim, = t

6) calculate c ° = Inv Sin ((b - t) / d)

for example, if the bottom of the 16" wheel is let's say, 5 mm away from the square, and the top is 9 mm, that works out to be about -0.5° camber.

the Calculator in Windows can calculate inverse sine, select Scientific view and Degrees as the unit.

another neat way to calculate it is to go to www.google.com and type in the formula like this (you must use the parentheses as shown or it won't work):
arcsin((5-9)/432) in degrees=

[Whitfield]

I need to buy Camber Adjusting bolts. 

Here are the results from some over the Phone research I performed 09/12/06


Boondocks  (Still looking)
   
SPC    brand       (part# 81250)  $20                   + 1 1/4  -1 1/4

Advance Auto Parts Northstar $16.96 for (2)       + 1 1/4  -1 1/4

Advance Auto Parts  TRW  $15 each ~ Need (2)  + 1 1/4  -1 1/4

Moog - Magna Cam  7  $18.45 Each ~ Need (2)  +1 1/4  -1 1/4

NAPA Chassis Part  $17.69   EACH  ~ Need (2)    + 1 3/4  -1 3/4 

Pep Boys  Magna Cam $24.95   (For 2)                + 2 1/2  -2 1/2      (plastic sleeved)

[Whitfield]

Strut tower centres are 963.4mm apart according to the chassis drawing in the FSM.

963.4mm = 37.929" or almost 37 15/16".