About three years ago it was swiped , which resulted in cosmetic damage mainly to the fender . Thats when my niece owned it . However it has had three learner drivers - my nephews and niece - also practice on it so who knows what it underwent . Having said that though looking at the suspension when the wheel was off nothing seemed out of place or damaged
Vic (mrfog), you originally just asked what are the torque figures for the front upper and lower camber bolts…and then collectively we all added to the story (or, confusion 😊).
With the benefit of your subsequent posts, I’m guessing that after you saw the excessive negative front camber on the left wheel of your niece’s car your first thought was to check the tightness of the camber bolts; loosen them and see what sort of corrective adjustment you could get with some pushing and pulling; retighten the bolts to spec and recheck camber. (That’s what I would have done anyway). But as the car has OE non-adjustable camber and is set at the factory with
-0.5 degrees with +/- 0.5 degrees tolerance, there can be no adjustment to speak of and certainly not to the extent you now need.
So, revisiting basics. If the car cannot achieve the correct camber with the OE bolt it surely means that the problem is something somewhere else, bent, damaged or broken. Anyhoo, you buy a Whiteline adjustable camber bolt kit which advertises camber adjustment of up to +/- 1.5 degrees i.e. up to +1.5 degrees positive and up to -1.5 degrees negative camber. (But, imo, the kit doesn't really solve your problem, it can only be a bandaid solution).
Now, I'm guessing that you have orientated the Whiteline adj camber bolt to provide maximum + positive degree camber (up to
+1.5 degrees) so it would push out (>>) the front strut/steering knuckle which in turn pushes out (>>) the
top of the tyre...in an effort to reduce the present excessive negative camber to some extent...but it turns out it wasn't enough.
Yes? 😊. I have attached below a diagram of a typical MacPherson strut suspension purely to help explain things to anyone unfamiliar with the setup. Note, it is not a Hyundai one.
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About three years ago it was swiped, which resulted in cosmetic damage mainly to the fender [
was that to the left front fender? TT].
Thats when my niece owned it. However it has had three learner drivers - my nephews and niece - also practice on it so who knows what it underwent. Having said that though looking at the suspension when the wheel was off nothing seemed out of place or damaged.Given the driving history of the car (especially three learner drivers) and that it can be so hard sometimes to identify parts that are say, bent out of alignment by just a few degrees, especially when not having a new part to compare and/or measure off. PGN I30 and I have suggested a few possibilities. Damaged or bent lower control arm, bushes, strut, steering knuckle, broken shocks, springs come to mind.
Mate, I’d be taking the car to a wheel alignment specialist in the first instance for his opinion...and telling your niece that Uncle Vic can’t work miracles for beer money. 😊
