MADMALC Posted September 23, 2001 Share Posted September 23, 2001 Can anyone advise the number of degrees change in camber per rotation of the standard ball joint. 13 ins wheels on wide track suspension. Ta MAD MALC S7MAD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asklepios Posted September 23, 2001 Share Posted September 23, 2001 Malcolm, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asklepios Posted September 23, 2001 Share Posted September 23, 2001 Malcolm,I will try again! 1/4 degree approx per turn. Don`t forget the toe will change when you change camber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Wong1697456877 Posted September 24, 2001 Share Posted September 24, 2001 If I'm not mistaken, it's not a linear ratio of turns to degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelspeed Posted September 24, 2001 Share Posted September 24, 2001 Theoretically you're probably right Alex but over all usable camber angles, say 0 deg to -3 deg, then I'd be very surprised if the camber change per turn varied much. You can calculate it using simple trig if you know the pitch of the thread on the ball joint and the height of the upright. But be aware that the SLR has a spacer between the bottom wishbone and the upright so the upright is effectively 7 or 8mm taller. Probably a small difference between SLR and normal uprights though, especially if the accuracy we're talking about is approx 1/4 deg rather than 0.265 deg type of thing. When I did mine earlier this year (Juno supplied 10mm extra tall spacer fitted) 3 turns of the ball joint changed it by 41 minutes so 0.23 deg per turn (or approx 1/4 deg.....) I'll go back to sleep then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EFA Posted September 24, 2001 Share Posted September 24, 2001 Graham, Did the 10mm spacers have much effect? Fat Arn The NOW PROVEN R500 Eaterid=red> See the Lotus Seven Club 4 Counties Area Website hereid=green> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADMALC Posted September 24, 2001 Author Share Posted September 24, 2001 Top people, just the info I need, I knew someone would know. All I have to do now is learn to spell and hope the ball joints do not fall out of their mounting. MAD MALC S7MAD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casbar Posted September 25, 2001 Share Posted September 25, 2001 I'd check with Caterham. I asked the same question and got answers between 1/4 deg to 1/2 a deg. Settled on 1/2 deg per turn. Which seemed to be borne out, once I'd changed the link and had the camber checked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelspeed Posted September 25, 2001 Share Posted September 25, 2001 Arnie - Fitted when I changed to wide track so if there was a noticeable change then it would have been swamped by the much bigger change to wide track. But then I couldn't feel any difference changing to wide track so I guess that just means I'm an insensitive driver. Or perhaps wide track was a big improvement and the spacer made it worse again or vice verse... No, face it, I'm just a crap driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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