Dan_Q Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Hi All, just a quickie, i;m not 100% familiar with how the geo works on a mk 4. If you raise the front ride height, does this increase camber? (I mean increase as an integer- IE the camber becomes MORE POSITIVE) TIA Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guigsy Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Seems an odd question. If you want more or less camber. Then you change it. Not change the ride height to get it :s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Q Posted December 13, 2012 Author Share Posted December 13, 2012 apologies- if you want some background its related to tyre wear. it was tracked and the front tyres were wearing evenly. then I changed the front legs where it sits a little higher, and never had it re-tracked or geo checked. I've noticed that the outside of the tyres are now more worn than the inside. before I go out on the track again i'll be having geo / tracking done, i'm purely asking out of interest as things like this intreague me- nothing depends on it LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guigsy Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 I'd guess what you changed threw the geo out. And it just needs doing again. You generally should have it done if you do anything suspension wise anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Q Posted December 13, 2012 Author Share Posted December 13, 2012 exactly! yeah I know it should be checked mate. i'm just interested in how the suspension works. suppose i should change the question to get the answer i need........ are there any manuals etc online that show diagrams of how the suspension is to be setup etc? i'd prob be able to work it out from those! ....... or, maybe i should just bury my head back in the sand and carry on forum searches thanks for the replies though bud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Yes it will do as you describe, usually the problem is people lowering the car a lot, getting more negative camber but also accelerated wear to the inside of the tyre's. If yours was adjusted ok for the ride height you had and now you've gone back up, you will have increased the camber and usually that creates poor handling as well as the outer tyre wear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Q Posted December 13, 2012 Author Share Posted December 13, 2012 Yes it will do as you describe, usually the problem is people lowering the car a lot, getting more negative camber but also accelerated wear to the inside of the tyre's. If yours was adjusted ok for the ride height you had and now you've gone back up, you will have increased the camber and usually that creates poor handling as well as the outer tyre wear. Mate, you're an absolute legend. Just the answer I was after. I'll admit that something wasn't right after changing the legs- although the car felt more balanced it didnt feel half as confident / planted on turn in- took a bit to "settle" into a corner, it could well be partly because of this- explains a lot! (i'm terrible at describing things- if I had a race engineer he / she'd need to be very patient and probably on crack) I'll be popping my NA front springs back on too before having the geo done next year as it has TT ones on the front at the mo- i think thats why its higher. many thanks matey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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