Camber all jacked, how do I fix it?

[Flatty]

The camber ont eh frontend of the crawler is all seriously jacked up. It looks like the back wheels of a VW Beetle. I gotta figure out how I can readjust the camber for this car. Can I install teh knuckes the wrong way? Meaning can the right and left side knuckles be swapped? Maybe that is the problem I have? Anyone else run into this?

Thanks
dIma

[BENDER]

The axle C's may need to be flip flopped.

[Nabil]

is it negative or positive camber?

if its negative the axle case might be cracked
if its positive swap the axle C's like bender said

[AreCee]

It's a solid axle, there is no camber adjustment. If your wheels are tilted then something is broken.

[Flatty]

That is exactly what I thought it was. Gonna go home and try and flip them.

Dima

[Flatty]

Originally Posted by AreCee

It's a solid axle, there is no camber adjustment. If your wheels are tilted then something is broken.

On all solid axles there is still a camber adj in the knuckle. With the RC car, I was guessing that the knuckles can be flipped from side to side. The problem is that they are keyed up to sit differently on each side.

DIma

[mysharona]

Originally Posted by Flatty

On all solid axles there is still a camber adj in the knuckle. With the RC car, I was guessing that the knuckles can be flipped from side to side. The problem is that they are keyed up to sit differently on each side.

DIma

no, there is a CASTOR adjustment, no camber. Like posted above, if you have some camber in your wheel, something is broken.

[mauromj]

tighten the axle c screws/ my friend had this problem and the c hubs were all sloppy and made them point up more.

[2JSC]

Originally Posted by mysharona

no, there is a CASTOR adjustment, no camber. Like posted above, if you have some camber in your wheel, something is broken.

... usually ball-joints.

[wrcfan29]

Originally Posted by mysharona

no, there is a CASTOR adjustment, no camber. Like posted above, if you have some camber in your wheel, something is broken.

x2

some pictures can help figure out what is going on

[OldShovelhead]

a pic of what's going on might make it easier to diagnose and correct

[binaryterror]

Caster is what you are talking about. This is when the axle centerline is tilted forwards or backwards.

Camber is the lean of the top of the tire. Solid axles do not have Camber adjustments, only independent suspension has this.

[dave56bug]

People tend to get these terms mixed up, heres a little diagram of Caster, Camber and Toe:

http://www.jeepfan.com/tech/CasterCamberToe.htm

OP said: "It looks like the back wheels of a VW Beetle." That would be negative Camber, and on a solid axle truck that means somethings broken, assembled wrong, or really worn out. As others mentioned pictures would help greatly to help diagnose whats going on.

[binaryterror]

Originally Posted by dave56bug

http://www.jeepfan.com/tech/CasterCamberToe.htm

OP said: "It looks like the back wheels of a VW Beetle."

It could also be Toe. On the Axial kit if you mess with the lengths of the lock out links you can set toe in/out. Also remember not only are VW heavy camber they also run some toe in.

[JeepinDoug]

I've seen Flatty's issues.
Flatty has the correct term, CAMBER.
The steering yokes are loose on the axle, from the front, the tires look like an upside down "V".
I know one of his yoke screws are stripped, so it'll never get tight.
New axle housings Dima, or switch all the components on the axles, make the rear the front and vise versa. The bad threads in the rear with lock outs won't effect the camber issue as much.
If you flip the yokes right and left you'll have some boogered up caster, it'll look like a top fueler, at least the tie rod will be high as hell.

Mine are loose after every crawl.

[Flatty]

Originally Posted by JeepinDoug

I've seen Flatty's issues.
Flatty has the correct term, CAMBER.
The steering yokes are loose on the axle, from the front, the tires look like an upside down "V".
I know one of his yoke screws are stripped, so it'll never get tight.
New axle housings Dima, or switch all the components on the axles, make the rear the front and vise versa. The bad threads in the rear with lock outs won't effect the camber issue as much.
If you flip the yokes right and left you'll have some boogered up caster, it'll look like a top fueler, at least the tie rod will be high as hell.

Mine are loose after every crawl.

Yea, I knew I was right... I am going to do what you say on Wed and swap the front and rear axles alltogether. I will see if that works, or I will tap out that front stripped hole to a fine thread.

DIma

[BigSki]

Originally Posted by mysharona

no, there is a CASTOR adjustment, no camber. Like posted above, if you have some camber in your wheel, something is broken.

castor is very easy to adjust on these cars- run a longer or shorter upper linkage and watch the pinion angle change. The pinion is an easy to see indicator of where your castor angle is, and how it changes as the suspension cycles.