At what stage do you need caster shims and camber adjusters?
If I'm correct, you need to add in caster shims and camber adjusters when you lower a car, but how low does your car need to be that you require them in order to stop it chewing tyres?
Thanks, N.
Caster shims & camber adjusters?
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Caster shims & camber adjusters?
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, and oversteer, the rear.
Hp is how fast you hit the wall, and Torque is how far you take the wall with you."
Hp is how fast you hit the wall, and Torque is how far you take the wall with you."
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You would need to adjust camber with the shims any time you have your front spindles apart, such as when you replace king and link pins.
I'm not sure whether castor is adjustable on ACVWs, but any change to the ride height will have an effect on castor, which will affect steering effort, speed and centring action.
I'm not sure whether castor is adjustable on ACVWs, but any change to the ride height will have an effect on castor, which will affect steering effort, speed and centring action.
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I've added caster shims and camber adjusters to my not-yet-committed order...
My ball-joint front-end is lowered with avis adjusters and not drop-spindles, so perhaps I can eliminate the camber adjusters from my order...
I've read of people using two sets of caster shims so I've added two sets just in case...
My bug is not 'in the weeds', so I'm not to concerned with things like specialty ball-joints, etc.
My Mother's bug has overly-light steering imo, so I don't want to lighten mine up too much.
N.
My ball-joint front-end is lowered with avis adjusters and not drop-spindles, so perhaps I can eliminate the camber adjusters from my order...
I've read of people using two sets of caster shims so I've added two sets just in case...
My bug is not 'in the weeds', so I'm not to concerned with things like specialty ball-joints, etc.
My Mother's bug has overly-light steering imo, so I don't want to lighten mine up too much.
N.
"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, and oversteer, the rear.
Hp is how fast you hit the wall, and Torque is how far you take the wall with you."
Hp is how fast you hit the wall, and Torque is how far you take the wall with you."
sled wrote:well obviously the UK is wrong.
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A set of caster shims is fitted between the bottom torsion bar tube and the frame head in order to cure a bugs tendency to wander accross the road (it was an original vw supplied part) it actually makes the steering heavier Merlin. When only the front end is lowered the effect is of having an twitchy car on the road and some of the stability is regained by using castor shims Lower front and rear equally and there shouldnt be a problem.
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