Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Rear Camber - Draft Camber Shim for the Colt Z27AG Rear Hub

The things you gotta do to have the wheels you love. Rear camber ^_^ The colt doesn't have any hardware to adjust the rear camber. I have been researching camber shims, camber washers, tapered shims and EZ Shims. Heating the hub till it cherry red and letting it cool to introduce some camber etc.
One guy in japan is a step ahead of me. He is using camber shims/washers to help correct his camber.
I'm chasing about 1.5 degrees on the rear with neutral toe.

Well not so much current because now i have camber top Blitz ZZR units on the front of the RColt. Previous alignment was made via 12mm camber pins and my Tein Super Compact running OEM top mounts.

My goal is to end up with a simple bolt on shim as seen here for the Suzuki Swift which uses shims on inside and outside. Must be so there is less stress introduced on the bolt Suzuki Swift Shims 


Rear shot of  rear hub and the ABS Sensor +4 hub bolts 
Rear hub assembly unbolted from the mount
Some specs from Minkara
Adding spacers to correct toe and camber. 
camber shim i am designing.



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