[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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