camber adjusting

[Eminent18]

Can you adjust the camber on the 96-98 mustang gt's. Mine is eating up the inside part of my tires bad. I only have 10,000 miles on a new set and the wire is showing already.

I see the rivots and the screws in the engine bay, Can you just take those rivots out and loosen the screws and move it. I've taken it to a shop and they said they fixed it, but nope

 

[lgndracer]

Have you had an alienment shop look at it? If so what were the camber readings?

Is the car lowered? If it has been lowered more than about an 1 1/2", you will probably need caster camber plates.

 

[Eminent18]

yes I took it to the alignment shop, they gave me the numbers and they were way off. Can't remember if it was positive or negative. But the inside of both the wheels are getting worn 5 times quicker than they should.

Stock height, stock suspension.

 

[GDawg]

You have too much negative camber. You should be able to drill out the rivots and set less negative camber. Pulling the C/C plate farther to the outside of the car should accomplish this. Just be sure that who ever does this doesn't jack your stuff up like this poor guys plates (these are not mine).

You should be able to do this without the need for aftermarket C/C plates.

 

[Eminent18]

thanks, I thought that would work. What about the strut poping out when I take out the rivots and screws. Or should I just loosen the nuts a bit and knock it over.

 

[GDawg]

Or should I just loosen the nuts a bit and knock it over.

Yes, that is what I would do. Drill out the rivots with the smallest bit that will do the job so you don't have any problems like that picture above. As you can see there are three "conjoined" holes both in the plates and in the strut tower. You should be able to move the plates "one notch" toward the outside of the car and then the alignment shop should be able to get everything set right. Just be sure to not jack your caster setting by pushing the plates forward (toward front of car) or backward (toward back of car) with respect to their alignment. This is really an easy task if you understand what you are doing.

Referring to this diagram. The plates would be moved in the opposite direction of the arrows to acheive the correct camber for the wheels/tires (the arrows refer to the wheels and not the plates). Hope I didn't confuse you...

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