Walter Clark
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Has anyone swapped in "crash bolts" like these: http://www.amazon.com/Moog-K90474-Camber-Adjusting-Bolt/dp/B000HPQ1EW/ref=au_pf_pfg_s?ie=UTF8&Make=Dodge|40&Model=Sprinter%202500|2424&Year=2008|2008&carId=006&n=15684181&newCar=1&s=automotive&vehicleType=automotive to reduce the static camber on their front suspensions?
My '12 2500 with 3000 miles sits with about 2.5 degrees positive on the left and 1 degree positive on the right side. The left tire is beginning to show excessive outside edge wear as a result - right side not so much. Obviously I dont load my van anywhere near where MB assumed the front would be loaded - where the camber would probably be fine - so I need to get the static camber down some for the long haul - so to speak - unless I plan to go thru tires unnecessarily.
With MacPherson strut suspensions many manufacturers lock in the camber at the factory with no provision for adjustment other than replacing the stock strut bolts with reduced diameter versions. VW even has a reduced diameter bolt specified in their parts lists for some of their models, to be used by service if the correct static camber cant be set with the factory bolts in place. Anyway, I ordered a couple sets of the Moog bolts referenced above, to try to get the left side camber down.
My '12 2500 with 3000 miles sits with about 2.5 degrees positive on the left and 1 degree positive on the right side. The left tire is beginning to show excessive outside edge wear as a result - right side not so much. Obviously I dont load my van anywhere near where MB assumed the front would be loaded - where the camber would probably be fine - so I need to get the static camber down some for the long haul - so to speak - unless I plan to go thru tires unnecessarily.
With MacPherson strut suspensions many manufacturers lock in the camber at the factory with no provision for adjustment other than replacing the stock strut bolts with reduced diameter versions. VW even has a reduced diameter bolt specified in their parts lists for some of their models, to be used by service if the correct static camber cant be set with the factory bolts in place. Anyway, I ordered a couple sets of the Moog bolts referenced above, to try to get the left side camber down.