[FC] FC front alignment

[Merv Krull]

Hiya Bill and all!

Did a previous owner (PO) align it that way on purpose? or is there a 
problem that needs to be attended to? how many shims are there? all the shop 
manual has to say is, "loosen the upper support shaft to cross member bolts, 
add or (in your case) remove shims equally as required and retighten bolts. 
It may be necessary to remove the wheel to secure these bolts." ... sounds 
easy from the writer's point of view.... I will bet he never had to do this 
procedure... from the illustration it looks like the nuts are out in the 
open on the inside of the rail. I would think that you could trap the head 
of the bolt with a box end wrench (preferably six point) from the inside of 
the shock tower.

Camber should be positive 1/2 degree + or - 1/2 degree with both sides 
within 1/4 degree of each other.

Just to be sure, negative camber means that the top of the wheels are 
further apart than the bottom of the wheels.

Anyone with a carpenter's square know what the gap will be at the bottom 
when it is set at 1/2 degree, assuming a perfectly level floor? I think it 
is about 3/32 of an inch difference between the top of the rim and the 
bottom of the rim based on a perfect 14 inch rim.... ???

toodles
Merv
Salmon ARm, BC


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Wells" <brierpath at yahoo.com>
To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 12:36 PM
Subject: [FC] FC front alignment


> Folks,
>
>  What is the easiest way to get to the upper A-arm nuts for alignment 
> purposes? Other than pulling the crossmember, of course.
>  I have a 61 rampside that has mucho negative camber and I want to remove 
> the shims present to decrease this. I have been unable to find anybody in 
> my area who will undertake an alignment.
>
>  Thanks,
>  Bill Wells
>
>
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