Hi Bill etc,
Phil & Chip noted just to leave the right front wheel I'm adjusting the
camber - on the ground. The great AI god Google was *wrong* said to lift
the wheel off the ground or bushings would break, just the opposite.
Anyway, once I found the trick, it was easy-peasy. Just loosen the 4 bolts
as shown in the 1 minute video link and pry the shock/A-arm assembly to the
outside of the car to reduce the negative camber that was causing inner tire
wear.
The rear tires had more negative camber, measured about 1/4" at top of rims
with a level. The front left was 1/8" so tried to move the right in from
1/4". Since the tires were cold at 38psi, probably made the inner wear
worse. It amazes me that a $55K car has such a crude camber adjustment.
There's some aftermarket A arm replacements with adjustment screws.
Probably better to have 0 camber for best tire mid-wear.
I'd like to visit New Zealand again & see your latest electric racing bike
concoction. In November our tour group was in the south island, then
Australia, lots more solar than in the US. Quite a few EVs too.
Best Regards,
Mark
Message: 2
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2025 16:58:13 +1300
From: Bill Dube <billd...@killacycle.com>
To: ev@lists.evdl.org
Subject: [EVDL] DIY vs. Pay shop (was: Tesla Y inner tire wear fix
(Camber too negative) follow-up)
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Hi Mark
??? In general, I hate paying a shop to screw something up, when I can
screw it up it myself for free.
??? If I have the tools (or the job costs the same or less than the
tools) I will often opt to do the task myself.
??? Bill D.
On 3/18/2025 1:44 PM, Mark Hanson via EV wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I found why my right tire inside wore to the cords after taking it to
> an alignment shop, paid $100 said everything was "fine". Of course it
> wasn't (also paid $150 to mount balance new tires & inspection sticker).
>
> I put a level along the rim and the right side measured 5/16" to the
> rim whereas the left side was 1/8".
>
> Since there's no real camber adjustment, it's a PITA to loosen upper
> shock mount etc bolts and slide the assembly over.
>
> Normally I hate watching YouTube videos but this one was only a minute
> long showing how to do it loosening 4 upper bolts after removing frunk
cover:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xIRC0054uR8?reload=9&app=desktop
>
> You would think a $55K car would have a simple camber adjustment but no.
>
> The toe-in was correct, about 1/8" measured with a measuring tape from
> the same points on the tread (front vs. back of front tires).
>
> Guess they thought it was too much like work to adjust. Not sure if I
> can trust another shop and waste another day, probably can do it quicker
myself.
>
>
> Have a renewable energy day,
>
> Mark
>
> Mark E. Hanson
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