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Car Forum / MINI / September 2003Mini Cooper camber angle?
Does anyone know what the front wheel camber angle should be on a 1998 Mini Cooper? (My Haynes manual doesn't have the info.) Roger. peakboston@hotmail.com (Roger) wrote in news:c1cb7d43.0308240415.241bb300 @posting.google.com: > Does anyone know what the front wheel camber angle should be on a 1998 > Mini Cooper? (My Haynes manual doesn't have the info.) > > Roger. Its more then likely about 1+ http://www.ime.org.uk/ime/s/suspension.html > peakboston@hotmail.com (Roger) wrote in news:c1cb7d43.0308240415.241bb300 > @posting.google.com: [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > http://www.ime.org.uk/ime/s/suspension.html I'm not sure that the info on that page applies to post 1996, but I haven't yet found any other source that gives a -ve factory setting. I didn't think my Cooper (13" wheels Sports Pack) had been modded, but by eye the camber looks -ve. Mm... > > peakboston@hotmail.com (Roger) wrote in news:c1cb7d43.0308240415.241bb300 > > @posting.google.com: [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > didn't think my Cooper (13" wheels Sports Pack) had been modded, but > by eye the camber looks -ve. Mm... I think that the camber looks negative because of the shape of the wheel arches. It might well be an optical illusion. The first time I looked at my mini before buying it I got the same impression. factory built negative camber on a road car is very unlikely. > > peakboston@hotmail.com (Roger) wrote in news:c1cb7d43.0308240415.241bb300 > > @posting.google.com: [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > didn't think my Cooper (13" wheels Sports Pack) had been modded, but > by eye the camber looks -ve. Mm... The later cars had horrific suspension geometry from the factory, I doubt any two cars would be the same! TTFN, Dave "Dave Yardy" <dave.yardy.nospam@bigfoot.com> skrev i melding news:bigjcm$hmu$1 > The later cars had horrific suspension geometry from the factory, I doubt > any two cars would be the same! How true! I bought a new 98/99 non-sportspack car, and within two weeks it had chewed up its front tires due to toe-out & camber. Fixed that, when fall came my brand new 12" Yokos were done at the rear too. Next spring I converted the car to 10" wheels. It certainly needed some work! It looked rather funky on the 10s, all the wheels pointing every which way. About 3mm spacing of toe out needed at the rear, camber brackets to change from 2-2,5 deg positive to about 0.5 positive, front camber bottom arms adjusted to 0.5 deg negative. Now the front rubbers are dead and need replacing too (about 2cm of suspension travel at the front before the bump stops; less than my mountain bike!) Matt, Norway |
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