Rear camber is really easy to adjust, and can be done in just a few minutes.
- Remove the wheel.
- Loosen the four small bolts (unlike the picture, normally two of them are hex bolts).
- Add or remove shim plates as necessary. Silver = 1deg, red =0.75, blue=0.5 and black 0.25. You can buy them from Caterham parts.
- Be careful not to over tight the bolts, especially the vertical ones.
Adjusting front camber
Adjusting front camber can be a pain, especially the first time.
- Undo the camber lock nut at the end of the upper wishbone.
- Remove the wheel
- Remove the wing stay by loosen upper ball joint nut, and then removing the stub axle nut. The indicator wires prevent from complete removal, but tuck the wing stay out of the way and try not to scrape the wishbone paint.
- Undo the top ball joint nut until the nut is on the end of the thread.
- Now split the tapered joint. This can be done in several ways. Personally I use a cheap tool which fits perfect used up-side-down! See picture. I've read about others who use a hammer!? Some use a bolt with two nuts against the hub (never tried it).
- Remove nut completely and adjust camber. One turn equals .25 degrees of camber.
- If you feel lucky, put copaslip on for easier dismantle next time. But beware - copaslip can make it really painful to screw back the wishbone to upright nut!
- Stub axle 82Nm
- Upright top ball joint 52Nm.
- Wheel 74Nm
- Tighten camber lock nut
Note that camber affects toe, so if you adjust camber, you must recheck your tracking!
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