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De Dion camber amd toe shims
se7ensport - 16/2/15 at 10:36 AM

Hi

I have a stylus with de-dion rear suspension, having had the camber and toe checked it is out by a fair bit, where can I get shims either pre made or custom? The wheel hubs are Sierra.



Thanks
Alex


Dingz - 16/2/15 at 02:16 PM

You have U2U


se7ensport - 16/2/15 at 03:24 PM

Here is the measurements and correction details, if you spot an error in my calculations please shout, how do I convert the mm toe in to degrees (15inch rim if it helps?):

rear camber and toe correction
rear camber and toe correction


rear camber
rear camber


Dingz - 16/2/15 at 07:31 PM

Well assuming you use 15" and 1.1mm and 3.5mm, basic trig gives the toe in corrections as 0.16° and 0.5°, similar to the camber so not much. I'm afraid the ones I do for the std Sierra beam are more than that.
Just as a rough calc, to correct the 0.5° toe in you will need to have a difference of about 0.75mm under the wheel hubs. or .25 for the 0.16.

[Edited on 16/2/15 by Dingz]


se7ensport - 16/2/15 at 07:46 PM

Dingz, thanks for the info.


rusty nuts - 16/2/15 at 08:15 PM

I needed to adjust the rear toe on my car and used some thin shim stock , made a cardboard template and transferred to the shim stock