JamieONeillbmx Posted February 11, 2014 Report Share Posted February 11, 2014 Camber shims a good idea on the rear or a bad idea ? I want a little camber on the rear and was wondering how camber shims work and if there any good ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shearermax Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 cant go wrong really however you dont get much camber off the shims, if it was me just use washers, but make sure they are all the same washers.how it works,well wheel off drum offthen take your drum shoes offthere will be four bolts attaching to the rear beam take them out along with everything else to its back to the beamand basically put more washers on the bottom than the top dependent on how much camber you want, don't put too many because your bolts wont reach the threadbut it all back together nice and tight, test your breaks workthen go rip up some rubber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieONeillbmx Posted February 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 Haha thanks mate really appreciate the help would it still pass its MOT like that ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shearermax Posted February 12, 2014 Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 thats a good question, i suppose if you have a friendly moterive got a friend who does mine so never really had a problem i suppose it wouldnt take much to take the camber off for the mot thoughonce youve done it once it would only be a half hour to an hour job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieONeillbmx Posted February 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2014 Yh i know what you mean thanks mate iv had coilovers on the front and for some unknown reason thats put camber kn my front end a little bit but i want the rear cambered tbh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shearermax Posted February 13, 2014 Report Share Posted February 13, 2014 yeah coilovers usesually put slight camber on the font because of the set up and when it is lowered the pivot point causes it to camberthe reason the back doesnt do it is because its on a beam and the spring rests on the beam so when that loweres the pivot point just causes the wheels to just sit further up in the wheel archim going to be putting rear camber on mine within the next couple of weeks for Ultimate dubs so ill let you know how it goes and try and do a how to guid because there isnt one yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieONeillbmx Posted February 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2014 Ok mate thanks for your help i really appreciate it allso i am doing ClubLupo vinyl stickers now so if you want one for the shows let me know i can do them in pretty much any colour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron_Joy Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 putting washers on the bottom won't damage anything when tightening back up will it? because i can imagine because of the uneven surface that you get using washers would maybe bend the metal when tightening the bolts up, hence why camber shims were made because it's a gradual slope instead of washers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twheels Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 Exactly. Washers aren't ideal long-term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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