Gbs Zero Suspension

[Guest weazel134]

Picked the new zero up at the weekend. Car is absolutely amazing. Just noticed when looking from the front the front RH wheel has slight positive camber, but the LH front perfectly upright. Is this normal? Do I need to adjust? If so how? I'll attach pics

[Longboarder]

I see what you mean although they are not quite the same viewpoint.

I agree with Richard. Unbolt the left top arm outer balljoint from the dummy strut, slaken the locknut that holds it the end of the wishbone and turn it one full revolution in to the wishbone to give more negative camber to the left front wheel. Bolt it all up again and take a look. I believe you get about 1.5 degrees change for each revolution. Might need two turns?

 

Nigel

[Guest weazel134]

So you think I should adjust the LH rather than the RH?

[Guest weazel134]

Thanks guys I'll give it a go.

[Longboarder]

Camber of 1.5deg neg is a good ball park figure for the front wheels I would suggest.

Ideal is to have a camber gauge and set both to as close to -1.5 as you can but if doing it by eyeI would do one turn in on the left front to start with. Bolt up and stand back and look. If you then have 1-2deg neg on the left but more on the right you can consider winding a turn out on the right if needed. (Sadly few of us would be able to tell the difference driving between 0 and 3 deg neg. Maybe I speak only for myself there?)

 

Nigel

[agent_zed]

if you have a protractor, a few bits of wood and a plumb line (or a bit of string with a weight) you can make a simple gauge.

 

first make a piece of wood that fits into the rim of the wheel then screw another bit of wood to it at 90 degrees at the top. attach a protractor to the bit sticking out but upsidedown so the flat bit is flat across the top of the wood. Attach the plumbline so it hangs down from the centre of the protractor.

 

the string will now show you the camber angle on the protractor.

 

it'll be more for being as consistant side to side as much as possible rather than being ultra accurate. As longboarder says you probably won't notice the difference that much, although maybe more tyre wear if too much.

 

Also a trick i've read on here is to put the front tyres onto glossy magazines before you lower it so they can slide out to where they should be, otherwise you'll have to roll it forward or back to get the suspension to settle after each adjustment.

 

hth