[DeTomaso] Camber locks?

Will Kooiman will.kooiman at gmail.com
Mon Mar 5 22:11:02 EST 2018


Also a very nicely ³powder coated?² a-arm.

Or was it painted?

On 3/4/18, 8:44 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Chuck and Linda Huber"
<detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of lindahuber at cox.net>
wrote:

>Larry's kit looks super cool.  The picture seems to be missing the shims
>on
>the adjuster side (but I am sure it's a "demonstration photo", and not the
>actual configuration).
>
>POCA members can find a description of how to fabricate a custom camber
>lock
>in the August 2017 Issue of the POCA Newsletter.
>
>Remember:  Time is money.  Your own fab capability, and value you place on
>your own labor determines the best path.
>
>Chuck
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Larry Stock [mailto:larrys at panteraparts.com]
>Sent: Saturday, March 3, 2018 6:29 PM
>To: jderyke at aol.com; detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Camber locks?
>
> They really help set the camber as your tightening the bolts. The camber
>will change with the tighting torque on the bolt. This drives the
>alignment
>guy crazy since they actually need to set the camber by torque
>compensation
>and stop tighting when the camber hits the correct setting point. That
>might
>be why it might shift while driving since the tech may get frustrated
>adjusting and just not torque the bolts as tight as they should.  We make
>our own Camber Lock kits right here in Carson City NV. PN 02002P PPC
>Camber
>Lock Kit $149.00 Larry @ 1-800-DeTomaso (338-6627)
>
>
>On 3/3/18, 12:19 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Jack DeRyke via DeTomaso"
><detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of
>detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
>
>>   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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