 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
Car Forum / Honda Cars / January 200987 Accord DX Hatchback Rear Camber Adjustment
There appears to be no way to adjust the camber of the rear wheels on my 87 Accord DX hatchback. The tires always wear out on the outsides and the insides are still fine. I almost hesitate to rotate my tires because the ones in front are still great. I have been dealing with this problem for years but I don't really drive this car that much. There is VISIBLY a positive camber in the rear wheels (tops are leaning out). I have replaced suspension, got alignment from Honda, all to no avail. The car was rear-ended by a motorcycle, could that have anything to do with it... What should I do now? Bend the axle? > There appears to be no way to adjust the camber of the rear wheels on > my 87 Accord DX hatchback. The tires always wear out on the outsides [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > What should I do now? Bend the axle? If the wear is just at the edge and not the type where you can put a ruler across the tire and see the flatness, but angled, the problem is not the camber but the toe in; the rear wheels are toed in too much, so the outer edges are hitting the pavement first and taking the brunt of the wear. I used to have a Lotus Europa, and it had such radical (negative) rear camber it was obvious from a hundred feet away when viewed from behind. The tires wore that way: beveled straight across the tread rather than worn at just the inner edge. Mike > > I used to have a Lotus Europa, and it had such radical (negative) rear > camber it was obvious from a hundred feet away when viewed from behind. > The tires wore that way: beveled straight across the tread rather than > worn at just the inner edge. > > Mike Not only that but they had a three piece (either side) rear axle that made setting bearing preload a bear...(Sorry bout that). At least the one I had was like that. Of course, mine was a Lotus 47 (rt hand drive, Renault RO5 engine, British Home Country set up). But it would move and cornered like it was nailed to the road.... DaveD > > camber it was obvious from a hundred feet away when viewed from behind. > > The tires wore that way: beveled straight across the tread rather than [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > was nailed to the road.... > DaveD The only way I ever got my daughter's ''80s vintage Honda in spec was to take it to a frame shop (a place that straightens frames after accidents). They bent something, charged me $85 and the car was perfect for the remaining 6 years we owned it. There are a few adjustments on these things, but never the one you need. The mfr (Honda) recommends replacing parts until it comes into spec, but from my experience, the frame shop is the way to go. BiGGie <kobsef@gmail.com> wrote in news:f3668705-2562-4184-a6d0- 5b4cbaf45bbf@p2g2000prn.googlegroups.com: > There appears to be no way to adjust the camber of the rear wheels on > my 87 Accord DX hatchback. The tires always wear out on the outsides [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > There is VISIBLY a positive camber in the rear wheels (tops are > leaning out). Out? That's no good at all. The tops should be leaning IN. > I have replaced suspension, got alignment from Honda, > all to no avail. The car was rear-ended by a motorcycle, could that > have anything to do with it... How much damage? Was the car repaired by a body shop afterwards? > What should I do now? Bend the axle? NO!! First find out why the tires are leaning the wrong way. Did you ever get the spec printout from the alignment shop?  SignatureTegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ > BiGGie <kob...@gmail.com> wrote in news:f3668705-2562-4184-a6d0- > 5b4cbaf45...@p2g2000prn.googlegroups.com: [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQwww.tegger.com/hondafaq/ Not that much damage... no major body work. And after looking through my service records the dealer did not give me a sped sheet. Just an estimate and bill. <snip> > Not that much damage... no major body work. And after looking through > my service records the dealer did not give me a sped sheet. Just an > estimate and bill. Then you have nothing to go on. You need to have the car racked again, this time getting the tech to just give you the specs rather than re-aligning the suspension. When you said you "replaced the suspension", what exactly was changed? There are quite a lot of parts associated with the suspension, and changing them all would be prohibitively expensive. SignatureTegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ |
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2009 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.