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Offline whitfield

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Re: Hateful camber problems
« Reply #15 on: August 25, 2005, 02:16:09 AM »
Chrysler struts use a toothed ecentric washer to assist with locking the bolt into place.

I figured i'd get it close and tack weld the washer where I need it to stay.

BUT, I'm not their yet. 

 I think I'm gonna try the MH widening before I nail the alignment down firm.
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Re: Hateful camber problems
« Reply #16 on: August 25, 2005, 05:00:14 AM »

Seems that they work fine, since everyone that's posted that has them seems very happy with the setup.

The Calmini arms do correct the camber but they are designed to work with a winch bumper and a large amount of other hardware bolted to the front (ie nose weight). As far as using the OME struts with the Calmini kit, I suspect most of the others are also running spring spacers too so the OME struts correct for those.
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Re: Hateful camber problems
« Reply #17 on: September 05, 2005, 10:31:20 PM »
Well, I'm gonna have to order some camber bolts :-\

I ejected the right camber wedge today in the woods and slapped a 17mm bolt in there to remove any chance of the camber changing. Now I am back to having this: /----\. Seems with stock upper strut mounts, OME struts bolted on totally stock and 1-1/2" coil spacers, the camber is too far off. Bummer... Oh well... I'll be ordering a set of camber bolts in the morning...
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Re: Hateful camber problems
« Reply #18 on: September 06, 2005, 11:58:18 AM »
I've had similar situations with the OME stuff.

I got some OME front heavy springs for my fo'do', and the struts of course.  I haven't yet put on a bullbar (which is my intention), but my camber was the same as yours /----\.  I took it to a few different tire shops to see what they could do to fix it and they were clueless.  I already knew about slotting the upper strut mount holes of the bracket, and when i told them this, they were like "Oh, ok, yeah, we can do that".  So i said f-it and did it myself.  I got a small drill bit in my die grinder and hunched over the damn thing in my lap forever to drill it out wider.  it only added about 1/8 of an inch to the hole, but it fixed it.  Basically, it maxes out the cast piece that slides into the strut mount, so it actually is pretty much touching the strut now, if you see what i'm saying.  My camber wasn't that bad that i couldn't drive it or anything.  With brand new bfg muddies, i didn't want early bad wear on them.  So i guess i spent a total over 2 afternoons of about 3 hours on it.  It took a while to find something to grind the holes with.  I destroyed a few drill bits 1/8, but it worked.

It wasn't until after i did all this that i realized that when i put that bullbar on, i'll have to adjust it back probably...

I used original bolts and tightened them down just as hard as i could.  They're very tough bolts to start with, and i didn't want to use camber bolts firstly because of the cost, but 2nd, because they break sometimes.  The worst that can happen to me now is that the struts wiggle over just a little and the camber is off again, but i don't think it'll be possible to break the bolts.  If i do have any more problems with this (i don't think i will have tho), then i'll weld some washers into a fixed position to keep it from moving.

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Re: Hateful camber problems
« Reply #19 on: September 06, 2005, 01:10:30 PM »
Well, I'm gonna have to order some camber bolts :-\

I ejected the right camber wedge today in the woods and slapped a 17mm bolt in there to remove any chance of the camber changing. Now I am back to having this: /----\. Seems with stock upper strut mounts, OME struts bolted on totally stock and 1-1/2" coil spacers, the camber is too far off. Bummer... Oh well... I'll be ordering a set of camber bolts in the morning...

I thought I had replyed to this post but i dont see it. ??? i dont use camber bolts. I use a die grinder to oval the upper holes. I add thick washers to both sides and weld a half moon around the washer on the nut side. That holds it in place and since I only weld half of the washer I can get a prybar under the washer and pry it off if I need to change it in the future.

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Re: Hateful camber problems
« Reply #20 on: September 06, 2005, 08:56:41 PM »
Ok, so even the camber bolts aren't a good idea on a trail rig, either? Great, I just bought a set at pepboys ::)

I'll look into the welded in washer idea. It sounds like a winner...
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