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On Sun, 2005-04-10 at 12:11, Mark Seaton wrote: > Sorry- symantics I guess- I meant diagonal arms, which do swing ;-) > Actually, the camber does change with IRS- if I jack up the car the > wheels take on positive camber. Its probably not as much as with swing > axle cars though. But it does go positive, hence my question. If I jack > it up and then let it down, the wheels maintain positive camber until I > drive it, so I don't think it takes much height diference to change the > camber. Does anyone know the height the torsion bar tube should be from > the deck on an unmolested IRS car? > In looking through my VW manuals, I can find no reference to that dimension. It would be subjective, as there are to many variables involved. Tire profile, tire pressure, wheels, etc. I would suspect that what you are seeing is normal age settling. You could check the rubber bushing at the outer end of the torsion bar. If these are compressing with age, they could cause it. Also, how are the rubber bushings on the inner end of the diagonal arm. If these go bad, or get soft, you will get excessive camber. How much weight do you mornally carry in the back of the car? Or the PO? If the camber is about equal on both sides, then I would think that it is normal aging. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~