hi all,

i'm not sure what this bolt is called, i have them on my 180b sss

they go through the front cross member and the lower control arm slips onto it then a nut goes on the end.

i took the car in for a wheel alignment yesterday and found these bolts on them, by the look of it you can turn them to adjust the camber on the front.

honestly i think i'm better off getting stock ones as i'm using the car for the track.

soo firstly does anybody know what it is called?

am i right in assuming you can turn them and adjust your camber?

anyone interested in a set (because if i'm right i'll be swapping them for stock)

Camber bolt? why replace them?

Apparantly they can move if you go hitting ripple strips too hard... I have never used then though so no first hand experience here

If they are the offset type, they have a habit of cracking/bending as well.

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i have extended lower control arms already which will take care of the camber.

the guys (getting the alignment done) had the car up on the hoist and could not move them, soo now i have two different offsets which is not great.

my thoughts are if they are weak / prone to damage then i'd just replace them with the originals and rely on the extended control arms.

if you are currently using them with extended LCAs you may find that the LCAs are different lengths and the camber bolts were used to fine tune them.

that's reasonable, but how do you adjust them?

the guys under the car couldn't do it,

perhaps the wheel needs to be off the ground, they had it on an alignment pad.

okay it's called a 'Transverse link pin'

this one just appears to be adjustable.

still hunting.

You'll have to hit the bolt out of the crossmember, then put it back in - in the right direction for positive camber or less camber, then tighten it back up again. it will be wedged in position due to the cone shape of the bolt, which would be currently wedged in the crossmember, you won't be able to turn it while it's wedged in there. my car had ONE camber bolt in it... i took it out and replaced with the standard bolt.. make sure to leave the nut on the end of the bolt before you hit it out...

hopefully that helps.

Brilliant

thanks for the tip

Correct.

Once you tap it out of the taper, take the nut off and remove it completely.

Then throw it in the bin. I rate them right up there with ezy outs for evilness.

They can crack, bend, snap and cause bump steer issues as they stuff up your steering geometry.

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