Gridgway Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 I am replacing the upper ball joints on a widetrack car running acb10s. Does anyone know what the correct camber should be and if this relates to a specific number of threads showing? Graham (the upper wishbones have been re-powder coated and the old ball joints were in different amounts anyway, so I didn't bother to measure or count the turns!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelspeed Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 Camber is generally about 2 to 2.5 deg neg on radials and about 1 deg neg on ACB and crossply slicks. No idea what that is in threads and to be honest I'd be too wary of production tolerances to try and set it by number of turns, that's why it's adjustable. I think it's 0.4 deg per turn of the ball joint but best check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative Richard Price Posted November 22, 2003 Area Representative Share Posted November 22, 2003 can't help with the number of turns, but can say that each turn of the ball joint into the wishbone is very close to 0.25°. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shn7 Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 Richard, 0.25" measured where though? At the ball end, at the top of the wheel rim or what? Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative Richard Price Posted November 23, 2003 Area Representative Share Posted November 23, 2003 Steve, That's 1/4 of a degree. Each turn of the top ball joint is approximately 0.25 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shn7 Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 Aha, with the " it looked like 1/4 inch when I read it. Now I understand. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gridgway Posted November 23, 2003 Author Share Posted November 23, 2003 I just need to set it roughly to get going so I can get to a proper setup session. I guess I can do that with a spirit level and trigonometry! Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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