Firestone told me today that you cant adjust the camber on the CRX. Is this right?

My camber is way out of wack for some reason. Right is at -2.3 degress and left is -.8 degrees on the left. Any ideas what could cause the difference in the two sides?

Sal

 

Is the ride height about the same on both sides? Accident damage? Can the subframe/crossmember that the lower suspension arms attach to be moved over from one side to the other some? That would at least even out the differences.

 

Correct, stock 2nd gen CRX has no ability for camber adjustment. You need to get a camber kit to have adjustibility. Some replace the whole front upper arm with one that has a sliding ball joint, some do the ball joint alone, some do the anchor bolt that hold the arm on the car, etc. (SPC, K-Mac, etc. take your pick)

I'm guessing you meant right-front is -2.3 and left-front is -0.8. If everything is stock you might have a slightly bent upright/knuckle. If the ride height is different from side to side, the spring on the lower side may be sagging.

 

1. No, there's no adjusting camber unless you put a camber adjuster on the car.
2. Sounds to me like something is bent, or the alignment rack is busted.

 

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You might ask the 500 lb. gorilla to get out of your passenger seat. Ask him nicely.

 

Just put some bananas outside the car and give him a shoehorn to help pry himself out of the rex.

I would look for bent stuff, maybe even a frame rack to make sure the unibody is straight. Someone here posted a few weeks ago after bending the upright and got a huge amount of camber without it looking like much in the pics. Try measuring between fixed points on the upright and upper and lower arms and compare left to right.

 

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I would look for bent stuff, maybe even a frame rack to make sure the unibody is straight. Someone here posted a few weeks ago after bending the upright and got a huge amount of camber without it looking like much in the pics. Try measuring between fixed points on the upright and upper and lower arms and compare left to right.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Good point. I helped a Honda junkyard owner who built an ITA CRX and I had a helluva time setting a racing alignment on the car because the chassis was tweaked. For that weekend, I ended up jacking lots of things around to compensate for this and that but it wasn't ideal. I later bought the car myself and took it straight to the frame rack. I hadn't considered possibly bent uprights adding to the mix.

 

I am going to have to take it to the dealer or the shop, I checked it out and nothing looks bent to me. So I have to see if they cant check it out a little further.
Thanks for the help.

Sal

 

Even if it may not look like its bent, it could be. Best to pull the hub/spindle assy off (just disconnect the ball joints, tie rod end, take calipers/rotors off and pull them out) of both sides and compare.