Jim 123 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 I have a standard S3 metric car with 14 inch wheels. Does anybody know what the increase / decrease in camber angle should be if you rotate the top ball joint 1 complete turn on its thread?This would help me to check the calibration of of a camber angle measurement tool that I have farkled together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative Richard Price Posted May 11, 2019 Area Representative Share Posted May 11, 2019 Each full turn of the ball joint is close to 1/4 of a degree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 (a) one turn of the top joint = 1/4 degree of camber (b) to compensate the effect on toe, turn track rod .285 turns per top joint turn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7 wonders of the world Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Magnetic digital spirit levels / cube can be had from fleabay for cira £10 now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim 123 Posted May 11, 2019 Author Share Posted May 11, 2019 Thanks indeed guys.I'm playing around with one of these EBay digital inclinometer devices which is giving some surprisingly good results in terms of repeatability. Next step is to check accuracy now that I know how many degrees shift I should get when I turn the ball joint thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_Arundel Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Love the word `farkled` takes you all sorts of places! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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