Lowering Problems = Negative Camber. Help!

[HAYLEY_TDI]

i have just had my arosa lowered onto 40mm springs/shocks. my car now drags to the right and the passenger tyre is wearing out.

the passenger wheel is not straight causing the car to swerve to the right if u let go off the wheel. A mech suggested it was the hub??

any ideas??

also why would the front sit lower than the back. Back has hardly changed really gutted!!

thanks

 

[Fl@pper]

probably the tracking and wheel alignment way out i would imagine

 

[HAYLEY_TDI]

cant track it because its so bad said it wont make a difference . the steering wheel is at 180 for car to go in a straight line lol !!!

 

[Seatmann]

Where the two bolts go through the strut for bolting the hub carrier on, there's quite a lot of movement. You have to try and get both sides equal or it will pull to the side badly. Try slackening the bolts a bit so that it still grabs, then use a big screw driver or small crow bar down the back, between the hub carrier and strut, and lever both hubs out at the top and bottom, then tighten the bolts. You should find that helps. You can see the diffirence if you look at the front wheels staight on. I found this out the hard way when I changed my shocks. One wheel was kind of straight up and down and the other side was at an angle.

 

[HAYLEY_TDI]

yeah thats it wicked thank you! hopefully not a big job . really wish i had gone for coilies now not that impressed with the drop

 

[DANIELP1991]

Where the two bolts go through the strut for bolting the hub carrier on, there's quite a lot of movement. You have to try and get both sides equal or it will pull to the side badly. Try slackening the bolts a bit so that it still grabs, then use a big screw driver or small crow bar down the back, between the hub carrier and strut, and lever both hubs out at the top and bottom, then tighten the bolts. You should find that helps. You can see the diffirence if you look at the front wheels staight on. I found this out the hard way when I changed my shocks. One wheel was kind of straight up and down and the other side was at an angle.

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do that, i had the same problem with mine. the bolts are 18mm i believe.

then used the adjustment to set negative camber to the max! handled awesome, but had to change back due to tyre wear..

what shocks/springs have you got?

i got gmax 40mm and mine sits lower on front.

 

[Boo]

Worth having 4 wheel alignment done hun. I had a similar problem with my Arosa and when they did the 4 wheels alignment they adjusted the bolts for me.

 

[suj]

and get a better place

as my steering wheel was at 90degree's, when wheels were straight
the palce I went sorted that out perfectly

get camber and tracking done (you cannot adjust the rear camber without putting on shims/plates, so don't get charged for getting them adjusted, as they can't, and will try and steal your cash!)

 

[DANIELP1991]

deffo get tracking done, it will be miles out.

i just pulled the shock out as far as possible, coz in work we havent got the equipment to camber adjust, then tracked it. it was miles out.

4 wheel align isnt possible as you cant adjust the rear wheels.

 

[Seatmann]

Yeah but I think they use the line of the rear wheels to get the fronts straight when they do 4 wheel alignment rather than just setting the toe angle. Not totally sure though.

 

[DANIELP1991]

yeah you align the front wheels with the back, whilst getting the toe angle correct. this is tracking..

if you do the same, but vice versa, with the rear wheels then its called 4 wheel alignment.

if you set it in mm, like we do where i work, a seat arosa should toe 0mm, or dead level.

if your steering wheel is out, then its usually down to the alignment of the front wheels with the rear.

and if its toe-ing in +, the front tyres will wear the outside edges..

if its toe-ing out -, the front tyres will wear the inner edges..

the person carrying out the wheel alignment should always check the tyre pressures are correct, and that there is no play/movement in suspension bushes, balljoints or other components, as this will constantly make the alignment/toe setting out, and wear tyres.