Date:         Sun, 20 Oct 2019 13:31:07 -0400
Reply-To:     Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Rear camber left side
Comments: To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
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I have a Harbor Freight digital level and just found the right rear is .6 degree off vertical and the left rear is .9 degree off vertical, if you can consider measuring while hunched over in the rain acceptably accurate. More camber on the left, not a huge amount but measurable if I did it right.  

No idea how a third of a degree translates but if I can adjust it out I will. 

Stephen

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> On Oct 20, 2019, at 10:08 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Rear camber and toe is adjustable. Some of this is perception and it is common for the campers to look this way. Overtime bushing and spring sag needs to be compensated for. The campers do have more weight on the left rear so some sag there is normal. If shimming springs to correct for that you need some care. As you lift the left rear weight comes off the right rear and gets moved to the right front.  Doing this job right requires a scale set. 
> 
> Dennis
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> On Behalf Of Stephen Grisanti
> Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2019 7:01 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Rear camber left side
> 
> I just noticed that our '87 is showing what looks like excessive negative camber on the left rear.  The right looks normal while the left appears to be tilted in further at the top.  I put a straightedge level across the left wheel arch at the top of the wheel and measured 3/4" from lip of the rim to the straightedge, while measuring the same way on the right gives 1/4", so about a half-inch difference from one side to the other, about what it looks like when viewing the van from behind.
> I usually keep a pretty close eye on chassis stuff; checking tire pressures regularly and checking the tread for wear and FOD (good old Air Force term for Foreign Objects/Debris) so I feel like I'd have noticed the camber thing before now.  Tires are fairly recent with low miles being driven so there's no tire wear to indicate a camber problem; it's just something I spotted. I'll get under there to see about adjusting but is there anything specific I should be looking our for? What would cause the camber to just go out of whack?
> Thanks!
> Stephen