New wheels, but alignment is off
05-05-2010, 10:49 AM
#11
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Dunno.
±3° adjustment means that more metal has been removed in order to let the nose of the "cam" portion stand up higher to get that extra adjustment. IOW, it may not be quite as strong as a full cross section bolt, and may not permit the same torque setting.
They're probably OK on a daily driver or weekend car that isn't normally driven very hard, or even on a car that sees an occasional drag race.
But I would never consider running them on a car driven in autocross or open-track road course events or one that regularly sees frequent hard cornering and hard braking. Not even brief consideration.
Norm
±3° adjustment means that more metal has been removed in order to let the nose of the "cam" portion stand up higher to get that extra adjustment. IOW, it may not be quite as strong as a full cross section bolt, and may not permit the same torque setting.
They're probably OK on a daily driver or weekend car that isn't normally driven very hard, or even on a car that sees an occasional drag race.
But I would never consider running them on a car driven in autocross or open-track road course events or one that regularly sees frequent hard cornering and hard braking. Not even brief consideration.
Norm
Last edited by Norm Peterson; 05-05-2010 at 11:15 AM.
05-05-2010, 02:54 PM
#12
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 1,692
Dunno.
±3° adjustment means that more metal has been removed in order to let the nose of the "cam" portion stand up higher to get that extra adjustment. IOW, it may not be quite as strong as a full cross section bolt, and may not permit the same torque setting.
They're probably OK on a daily driver or weekend car that isn't normally driven very hard, or even on a car that sees an occasional drag race.
But I would never consider running them on a car driven in autocross or open-track road course events or one that regularly sees frequent hard cornering and hard braking. Not even brief consideration.
Norm
±3° adjustment means that more metal has been removed in order to let the nose of the "cam" portion stand up higher to get that extra adjustment. IOW, it may not be quite as strong as a full cross section bolt, and may not permit the same torque setting.
They're probably OK on a daily driver or weekend car that isn't normally driven very hard, or even on a car that sees an occasional drag race.
But I would never consider running them on a car driven in autocross or open-track road course events or one that regularly sees frequent hard cornering and hard braking. Not even brief consideration.
Norm
05-05-2010, 06:19 PM
#13
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: AZ
Posts: 465
My stock strut/spindle bolts, two of them per side, are torqued to 148 lb-ft each. The new fine thread bolts, I understand are torqued to 166 lb-ft. Obviously Ford thought it was important to go up in clamping force provided by these fasteners. The camber bolts I've seen are only torqued to 77 lb-ft and replaces one of the strut/spindle bolts on each side; that's only 52% of 148 lb-ft and 46% of 166 lb-ft.
I'm not going to compromise on one of two bolts that secure the spindle regardless of how I drive my car.
I'm not going to compromise on one of two bolts that secure the spindle regardless of how I drive my car.
Last edited by 6-Speed; 05-05-2010 at 07:04 PM.
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