Thread: Changing camber of front wheels - Disco 1

Assuming everything is assembled correctly and nothing is bent theres not a great deal you can do too adjust camber on the front of our cars.

However, a suspension lift and excessive toe out on the front end can cause accelerated wear on the inside of the front tires.

Camber is not adjustable. The only things that can cause the effect you observe are :-

1. Bent axle housing - fairly unlikely, but only real solution is replacement.

2. Loose swivel ball - very unlikely, tighten and/or replace bolts - if mating surfaces are damaged either the ball or the axle housing or both may need replacing for a permanent fix.

3. Loose wheel bearings - very likely, replace and/or adjust.

4. Loose or worn swivel bush/bearing - very likely. adjust and/or replace as necessary.

The most likely cause is 4, but check all the others.

John

Assuming nothing is bent/repairable, inducing more toe in will reduce the scrub angle, thereby reducing wear.
Are you sure you're not seeing the camber more because of the bigger tyre, they do tend to magnify the look.
Camber can be modified, but it's expensive, Nissan Patrols can be adjusted with off centre King pin bearings. Whether there is an off the shelf number for Land Rovers is unknown to me.

Check your toe out first. If its excessive it will give the look of too much camber.

cheers, DL

Thanks for the replies guys.

So toe out will be corrected/can be adjusted with a wheel alignment yes??

Sure can.

Edit: is it both tires or more pronounced one side? If the cars been lifted and an adjustable panhard rod not fitted it can cause excessive wear on the inside of 1 tire (especially if no wheel alignment was done)

Originally Posted by Lucus

is it both tires or more pronounced one side? If the cars been lifted and an adjustable panhard rod not fitted it can cause excessive wear on the inside of 1 tire (especially if no wheel alignment was done)

Both sides mate.

Has suspension (2 inch) and body (2 inch) lifts. I'll take it in for a wheel alignment and see how that goes.

If you get a wheel alignment before checking points 3 & 4, you'll have wasted your money

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Camber is not adjustable. The only things that can cause the effect you observe are :-

1. Bent axle housing - fairly unlikely, but only real solution is replacement.

2. Loose swivel ball - very unlikely, tighten and/or replace bolts - if mating surfaces are damaged either the ball or the axle housing or both may need replacing for a permanent fix.

3. Loose wheel bearings - very likely, replace and/or adjust.

4. Loose or worn swivel bush/bearing - very likely. adjust and/or replace as necessary.

The most likely cause is 4, but check all the others.

John