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Negative camber irs

Negative camber irs

by chrystal » Sun Jun 30, 2019 3:19 pm
I have negative camber on an irs bus. The clamps are Harry Harpic bolt ons. I Have read that the clamps can be undone and moved to rectify this.

Firstly, does the wheel and hub need to come off to be able to move the clamps?
Secondly, how much do imove them and in which direction?

Any hints welcome!
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Re: Negative camber irs

by Splitzter » Mon Jul 01, 2019 1:53 pm
You'll need to loosen the bolts & rotate the clamps so that the arm moves upwards. You can tap them round with a decent copper mallet or use a jack/lump of metal under the arm where it's bolted into the clamp. How much is hard to say, how much camber have you got?!
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Re: Negative camber irs

by chrystal » Mon Jul 01, 2019 2:51 pm
Iwill post a pic hopefully,. If I move them up wont it lower the rear a bit more?
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Re: Negative camber irs

by vwJim » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:07 am
chrystal wrote: Mon Jul 01, 2019 2:51 pm Iwill post a pic hopefully,. If I move them up wont it lower the rear a bit more?
Minimal effect on ride height. You'll been to redo the tracking though during the process.
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Re: Negative camber irs

by henk » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:08 pm
I also have bolt on clamps,from another brand.
I had to turn them up quite a bid to get rid of the negative camber.
I even had to cut down my Y-heater pipes.
Wich was no probleme for me.

Henk!!!
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Re: Negative camber irs

by chrystal » Mon Jul 15, 2019 12:20 pm
Did you take the wheels and hubs etc off? Or just have a trolley jack on the arm, loosen the bolts and raise it slightly?
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Re: Negative camber irs

by chrystal » Sat Jul 27, 2019 5:00 pm
Did this today, didn't move them enough! Another go tomorrow. Thanks for your help
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Re: Negative camber irs

by vwJim » Sat Jul 27, 2019 5:28 pm
It often takes a few tweaks to get it level / correct camber as the springs settle after being adjusted, especially if they've been out of spec for a while
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