To much negative camber?
01-15-2003, 06:42 AM
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To much negative camber?
I can't find the thread I started yesterday so I'll continue here.
I had my car's alignment reset yesterday. I originally had the car setup with a descent amount of negative camber. It was within spec, but a bit heavy on the negative side. What I was noticing was a lot of road wondering. It wanted to follow the crown or grade of the road a lot. I think quite a few others on here have the same complaint. I felt like I was constantly correcting my center line.
My camber was originally set at -.8 degrees on both left and right sides. I had the shop take it back to -.35 degrees and reset my toe. It's not a drastic change, but makes a big difference in how the max tracks.
Most of the road wondering has stopped. The car holds center line much better. I'm not constantly correcting it anymore, I can even drive with one finger on the wheel now.
My suggestions to all is to make sure your camber is no more then -.5 degrees. If you can't get it better then that when your dropped, consider camber bolts to help you out. The Maxima doesn't have the best front suspension, keeping the car closer to the ideal settings is important. Nissan says the nominal setting for camber is -.25 deg. and the acceptable range is from +.1 to -1.
Working with a good alignment shop helps a lot when your tweaking the front end. Most shops will tell you that camber isn't adjustable on our cars. If you run into that, go someplace else for service.
Tom
I had my car's alignment reset yesterday. I originally had the car setup with a descent amount of negative camber. It was within spec, but a bit heavy on the negative side. What I was noticing was a lot of road wondering. It wanted to follow the crown or grade of the road a lot. I think quite a few others on here have the same complaint. I felt like I was constantly correcting my center line.
My camber was originally set at -.8 degrees on both left and right sides. I had the shop take it back to -.35 degrees and reset my toe. It's not a drastic change, but makes a big difference in how the max tracks.
Most of the road wondering has stopped. The car holds center line much better. I'm not constantly correcting it anymore, I can even drive with one finger on the wheel now.
My suggestions to all is to make sure your camber is no more then -.5 degrees. If you can't get it better then that when your dropped, consider camber bolts to help you out. The Maxima doesn't have the best front suspension, keeping the car closer to the ideal settings is important. Nissan says the nominal setting for camber is -.25 deg. and the acceptable range is from +.1 to -1.
Working with a good alignment shop helps a lot when your tweaking the front end. Most shops will tell you that camber isn't adjustable on our cars. If you run into that, go someplace else for service.
Tom
01-15-2003, 06:51 AM
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Re: To much negative camber?
Originally posted by njmaxseltd
I can't find the thread I started yesterday so I'll continue here.
I had my car's alignment reset yesterday. I originally had the car setup with a descent amount of negative camber. It was within spec, but a bit heavy on the negative side. What I was noticing was a lot of road wondering. It wanted to follow the crown or grade of the road a lot. I think quite a few others on here have the same complaint. I felt like I was constantly correcting my center line.
My camber was originally set at -.8 degrees on both left and right sides. I had the shop take it back to -.35 degrees and reset my toe. It's not a drastic change, but makes a big difference in how the max tracks.
Most of the road wondering has stopped. The car holds center line much better. I'm not constantly correcting it anymore, I can even drive with one finger on the wheel now.
My suggestions to all is to make sure your camber is no more then -.5 degrees. If you can't get it better then that when your dropped, consider camber bolts to help you out. The Maxima doesn't have the best front suspension, keeping the car closer to the ideal settings is important. Nissan says the nominal setting for camber is -.25 deg. and the acceptable range is from +.1 to -1.
Working with a good alignment shop helps a lot when your tweaking the front end. Most shops will tell you that camber isn't adjustable on our cars. If you run into that, go someplace else for service.
Tom
I can't find the thread I started yesterday so I'll continue here.
I had my car's alignment reset yesterday. I originally had the car setup with a descent amount of negative camber. It was within spec, but a bit heavy on the negative side. What I was noticing was a lot of road wondering. It wanted to follow the crown or grade of the road a lot. I think quite a few others on here have the same complaint. I felt like I was constantly correcting my center line.
My camber was originally set at -.8 degrees on both left and right sides. I had the shop take it back to -.35 degrees and reset my toe. It's not a drastic change, but makes a big difference in how the max tracks.
Most of the road wondering has stopped. The car holds center line much better. I'm not constantly correcting it anymore, I can even drive with one finger on the wheel now.
My suggestions to all is to make sure your camber is no more then -.5 degrees. If you can't get it better then that when your dropped, consider camber bolts to help you out. The Maxima doesn't have the best front suspension, keeping the car closer to the ideal settings is important. Nissan says the nominal setting for camber is -.25 deg. and the acceptable range is from +.1 to -1.
Working with a good alignment shop helps a lot when your tweaking the front end. Most shops will tell you that camber isn't adjustable on our cars. If you run into that, go someplace else for service.
Tom
01-15-2003, 09:03 AM
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Re: Re: To much negative camber?
Originally posted by Velcro
Another way to to get stability is to set the Caster
Another way to to get stability is to set the Caster
01-15-2003, 09:12 AM
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Re: Re: To much negative camber?
Originally posted by Velcro
changing the camber is one way to get it to follow the road a -1 camber setting is usually best for tire wear.
changing the camber is one way to get it to follow the road a -1 camber setting is usually best for tire wear.
If all you are concerned about it tire wear, the best camber setting would be 0 degrees.
This means that the tire is perfectly sratight up and down.
-1 degree is typically used as a good compromise between quick handling and good wear.
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