[DeTomaso] Camber locks?

jderyke at aol.com jderyke at aol.com
Sat Mar 3 15:19:54 EST 2018 

Camber locks are not necessary if you NEVER, EVER hit curbs, potholes or road debris with the front tires. If you can arrange that and still drive your car, please let us know what country you're living in!
FACT: the stock upper ball joint bolts CANNOT be sufficiently tightened to keep the ball joints from shifting with hard impacts. There are several ways to fix this and the solutions are all called 'camber locks'.
Note also, really hard impacts off-center to one front wheel will also damage many other things besides camber settings. I've fixed bent front spindles, a-arms, wheels and steering racks for inattentive drivers.
J DeRyke

-----Original Message-----
From: Forest Goodhart <forestg at att.net>
To: DeTomaso Forum <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
Sent: Sat, Mar 3, 2018 11:30 am
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Camber locks?


The ones made by IPSCO make adjusting camber much easier as you can
control the amount of movement with the threaded lock bolt as opposed
to trying to slide the upper ball joint a given amount.
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From: Mike Drew via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
To: Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com>; DeTomaso Forum
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Sent: Saturday, March 3, 2018 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Camber locks?
Ken,
It's not unusual for a vendor who doesn't sell something to tell you
that you don't need it.
Those who have it available, on the other hand, can and will explain
its virtues in depth and likely say you can't live without it.
I highly recommend them.
Mike
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> On Mar 3, 2018, at 09:56, Ken Green via DeTomaso
<[1]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
>
> I heard in the past that the camber can slip if you hit a bump
hard
> enough, but just called a vendor who said they don't sell camber
lock
> kits because they are not needed.
> Any experience?
> Thanks
> Ken
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   Camber locks are not necessary if you NEVER, EVER hit curbs, potholes
   or road debris with the front tires. If you can arrange that and still
   drive your car, please let us know what country you're living in!
   FACT: the stock upper ball joint bolts CANNOT be sufficiently tightened
   to keep the ball joints from shifting with hard impacts. There are
   several ways to fix this and the solutions are all called 'camber
   locks'.
   Note also, really hard impacts off-center to one front wheel will also
   damage many other things besides camber settings. I've fixed bent front
   spindles, a-arms, wheels and steering racks for inattentive drivers.
   J DeRyke
   -----Original Message-----
   From: Forest Goodhart <forestg at att.net>
   To: DeTomaso Forum <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
   Sent: Sat, Mar 3, 2018 11:30 am
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Camber locks?
   The ones made by IPSCO make adjusting camber much easier as you can
   control the amount of movement with the threaded lock bolt as opposed
   to trying to slide the upper ball joint a given amount.
   __________________________________________________________________
   From: Mike Drew via DeTomaso <[1]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
   To: Ken Green <[2]kenn_green at yahoo.com>; DeTomaso Forum
   <[3]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
   Sent: Saturday, March 3, 2018 10:48 AM
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Camber locks?
   Ken,
   It's not unusual for a vendor who doesn't sell something to tell you
   that you don't need it.
   Those who have it available, on the other hand, can and will explain
   its virtues in depth and likely say you can't live without it.
   I highly recommend them.
   Mike
   Sent from my iPhone
   > On Mar 3, 2018, at 09:56, Ken Green via DeTomaso
   <[1][4]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
   >
   > I heard in the past that the camber can slip if you hit a bump
   hard
   > enough, but just called a vendor who said they don't sell camber
   lock
   > kits because they are not needed.
   > Any experience?
   > Thanks
   > Ken
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