Difficulties aligning front suspension

[redhot]

Hi,

My setup:

Original never collision 1970 Beetle
CSP front beam with 1-set castershims
German trailing arms with new balljoints
German disc brake spindles original ones
Extra-eccentric camber eccentrics

I wanted about -0.5 camber on the front wheels, but the alignment shop cant get more than about -0.3 on one wheel, and even less on the other.

So the options -

misdrilled camber eccentrics
bent torsion arms
bent spindles
too long upper suspension tube / too short lower

misfitted parts - not putting trailing arms all the way in etc.

Do anyone else have similar problems? Will give the car a go over soon, but the shop did not see anything in particular wrong other than not getting the values wanted.

[volkdent]

I would check to make sure the set screws on all the parts connecting to the spring bundles are correctly seated in their notches. Then depending on what is doing what you might be able to swap the bundles end to end or top to bottom?

Bent trailing arms would be a very possible reason. Not likely the misdrilled camber eccentrics.

Look at where the arms meet the beam seals and see if anything looks a little off, otherwise the arms are a good culprit.

Jason

[NO_H2O]

What he said.:)

[flat]

Yup. The trailing arms are quite fragile, one decent curb meeting and they are kinked. Typically the lower arm gets damaged. The LP arms more so, I always run into bent arms and carriers....

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