[Roadsters] Camber and Caster

[Tom Hendricksen]

I did this repair last spring and did not notice the shims when I took 
the first side apart.   On the first side they fell into the pocket in 
the frame just below the bolts and I did not see them.  I have not had 
the car to an alignment shop and so far it drives just as it did before 
the repair.  I will get it in once I find a shop that can set the 
adjustments I tell them I want.  I work for a car dealership and their 
modern alignment equipment had no idea about what my car was let alone 
how to set it up.  When you look for a shop be sure they can configure 
their alignment machine to the parameters you specify, which you can 
find in the archives of this e-mail list, or probably on 311s.

Tom
69 2000 - Mr. Hyde
Las Vegas
http://www.datsun2000.com
http://www.nowroc.org


On 11/4/2012 11:02:51 PM, Neil Levine (nalevine at dcn.org) wrote:
 > Calling all suspension experts!
 > I'm having to change out the upper A arm spindle on the passenger 
side of my
 > '66 1600. Can anyone explain how the caster/camber adjustment works with
 > the shims? There are 2 different parts shown in the Datsun service manual
 > front suspension drawing (items 45 (shim- camber) and 47 (shim-caster,
 > rear)) which are stacked together under the same bolt. How can one be for
 > camber and the other be for caster when they are just stacked together in
 > the same spot? I just don't get it. Does anyone have a simple 
explanation?
 >
 > Neil
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