skinner2k3 3 Posted April 4, 2007 Hi In order to gain a bit of negative camber would it be possible to relocate the three studs in the strut top mount? I haven't measured the distance from wishbone to strut top but I would have thought 1 to 1.5 degrees would be achievable with about 10-15ml of movement at the mount. Similar to eccentric mounts but for penny pinchers like myself : ) I fancied a go because a) I have a spare set knocking about and finding a good set of 309 wishbones is getting harder. There may be some very good reason why not that I have completely missed, sorry if this is a daft question. Ben Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sandy 191 Posted April 4, 2007 It's awkward, but it can be done. I've looked at doing this on the Trio outwards (I have 70mm wider track), so I can go back to the OE top mounts from the rose jointed ones I have fitted. In order to drop the front 10mm (it went up 10mm with the rose jointed ones) and lose the clonk. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smckeown 1 Posted April 4, 2007 Hi In order to gain a bit of negative camber would it be possible to relocate the three studs in the strut top mount? I haven't measured the distance from wishbone to strut top but I would have thought 1 to 1.5 degrees would be achievable with about 10-15ml of movement at the mount. Similar to eccentric mounts but for penny pinchers like myself : ) I fancied a go because a) I have a spare set knocking about and finding a good set of 309 wishbones is getting harder. There may be some very good reason why not that I have completely missed, sorry if this is a daft question. Ben why rule out buying new 309 wishbones ? especially as the ball joints wear anyway Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skinner2k3 3 Posted April 5, 2007 True, not sure why I havent looked into that. Are there genuine and pattern parts about? Would I have to get them from Pug? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skinner2k3 3 Posted April 5, 2007 Just priced up the wishbones and driveshafts from GSF and it came out to just shy of £300 with the VAT. My budget wont stretch to that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jackherer 543 Posted April 5, 2007 try buypartsby.co.uk for the wishbones, and eurocarparts for the driveshafts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zilog 0 Posted April 5, 2007 Is it possible to just buy the shafts and not the joints at the ends? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jackherer 543 Posted April 5, 2007 Is it possible to just buy the shafts and not the joints at the ends? yes, from eurocarparts, but you'll need old ones to exchange. they dont measure them so old 205 ones will do Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jonah 1 Posted April 5, 2007 Adjusting the camber (and caster) by moving the top mounts is possible and not even very difficult... I have done it a few times, not to change the angles from standard, but to get them back to standard after hitting potholes and things... You will need to elongate the centre hole in the turret to allow the strut top to be repositioned, and possibly trim some metal off the edge of the strut top mounting plate to gain extra clearance. To reposition it you can either fit new studs to the plate and use the existing holes in the turret, or leave the studs and drill new holes or file out the existing ones. The amount of adjustment you can get depends on what springs you're running - with standard diameter ones from memory the most you can get is about 10mm which translates to about 1 degree. Easy enough to work out if you can remember your GCSE trigonometry Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest velocity raptor Posted April 6, 2007 Just priced up the wishbones and driveshafts from GSF and it came out to just shy of £300 with the VAT. My budget wont stretch to that. general traffic in preston, bottom arms £30 and shafts £45 and £50 respectively £30 surcgarge on each shaft tho, but if u send yours at the same time no probs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bren_1.3 1 Posted April 9, 2007 graphite grey e-plate by any chance? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
