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Old 11-22-2012, 08:41 AM
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Originally Posted by qwerty View Post
Depending on other factors, it might or might not be possible to achieve a positive camber angle. But at least the change should be in a "more positive" (less negative) direction.
Indeed - that triangular configuration can have you scratching your head whilst you adjust this and adjust that. The camber on the W123 is meant to be (more or less) zero degrees but this is to be measured after you've set the toe in / out to zero; if you adjust - even slightly - the camber or the castor then you need to go back to the toe...

...doing it with out the special tool or an alignment rig it feels a bit like a never ending circle of adjust this - reset that - adjust this - trip over that! (as described in that thread I started)
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