Hello all,
I have an unmodified '91 Corolla, standard sedan with a 5 speed manual. I just replaced the front and rear struts, CV axles and seals,tie rod ends and ball joints. Doing this has stopped my steering from vibrating when driving above 65mph and made it a lot nicer to ride in. The problem I'm having now is that I have positive camber on both of my front wheels. I've searched google and TNF but I haven't been able to find anything about solving this problem on a Corolla with stock suspension. There's plenty of advice for adjusting aftermarket struts, but they all seem to have an area for adjustment at the top of the strut. Any advice would be appreciated and pictures would be very helpful.
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Thank you.
Reply 1 : Stock 1991 Corolla Positive Camber
can you post a picture?
it shouldn't be positive as there is no stock adjustment for it.. the only thing I can think of is you installed something incorrectly or got a wrong part.
Reply 2 : Stock 1991 Corolla Positive Camber
Unfortunately I don't have a camera available, but I could see if my room mate does tomorrow afternoon. The only points of contact on the hub are the strut, tie rod end, ball joint and cv axle. I know the tie rod ends only adjust toe in/out and the cv axle doesn't effect the alignment. I know the springs are situated in the struts correctly and there doesn't seem to be any room for adjustment where the struts mount to the hub. The only other thing I could think of is that the mounting brackets for the ball joints are a different length but I made sure to check before installing and I couldn't notice a difference. That or the plate that mounts the top of the strut to the car has an angle pitch and needs to be taken out, rotated one hole and put back. If this makes any sense or anyone has any input that would be great. If i should just let it go until I put pictures up just let me know. Thanks.
Reply 3 : Stock 1991 Corolla Positive Camber
yeah, exactly.
the strut mounts to the center of the strut top, so the orientation of that doesn't matter.
are you sure you put the struts on the correct side?
Reply 4 : Stock 1991 Corolla Positive Camber
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Originally Posted by mofrowz 
...... and there doesn't seem to be any room for adjustment where the struts mount to the hub.
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Reply 5 : Stock 1991 Corolla Positive Camber
You need a alignment...
Where the steering knuckle and strut meet, there is where is the adjustment is made..
Any time you remove suspensions/ part you need alignment
*(not need when replacing the sway bar links/ or bushings)
Steering is done by the tie rod..
Reply 6 : Stock 1991 Corolla Positive Camber
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Originally Posted by Mr.Nutcase
You need a alignment...
Where the steering knuckle and strut meet, there is where is the adjustment is made.. Any time you remove suspensions/ part you need alignment *(not need when replacing the sway bar links/ or bushings) Steering is done by the tie rod.. |
The only reason he would need an alignment is that his car sits a little higher due to the new struts, which again will change toe. and even if that's the case he should still wait a while for the suspension to settle.
he didn't touch the tie rod, so the adjustment hasn't changed. and the tie rod also only affects toe, not camber.
I've replaced struts and wheel bearings and whole knuckles before and checked alignment afterwards and it was still perfect.
Reply 7 : Stock 1991 Corolla Positive Camber
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Originally Posted by eage8
yeah, exactly.
the strut mounts to the center of the strut top, so the orientation of that doesn't matter. are you sure you put the struts on the correct side? |
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There actually is a small amount of adjustment at holes that the bolts go through that fasten the bottom of the strut to the hub. |
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The only reason he would need an alignment is that his car sits a little higher due to the new struts, which again will change toe. and even if that's the case he should still wait a while for the suspension to settle. |
Thank all of you for your time.
Reply 8 : Stock 1991 Corolla Positive Camber
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Originally Posted by mofrowz
I think you meant that the car sitting a litter higher would change the camber, not the toe right? If that's the case then this makes the most sense because the front end does ride a little higher than before. Do you have any idea how long it usually takes the suspension to settle? It's wearing my tires fairly quickly but I'd like to let it settle before I go get tires and an alignment.
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when your suspension changes height it changes the angle of the tie rods which in turn makes them pull the hub in on the back side which increases toe out.
Toe wears your tires out much faster than camber will. It only takes about 500 miles for the suspension to settle and if your at stock ride high small variations in height won't affect it that much.
If you are actually getting increased tire wear take it to a shop and have them check your alignment. Your camber is probably fine.
Reply 9 : Stock 1991 Corolla Positive Camber
in my aw11 there are camber-adjust eyebolts for the upper strut bolt (where the strut bolts to the hub). I was pretty sure that the ae92 has these as well (could be wrong, though).
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Originally Posted by toyotaspeed90
in my aw11 there are camber-adjust eyebolts for the upper strut bolt (where the strut bolts to the hub). I was pretty sure that the ae92 has these as well (could be wrong, though).
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Reply 11 : Stock 1991 Corolla Positive Camber
Yea I got aftermarket eccentric bolts for my AE92 as well. Perhaps toyotaspeed got lucky and got a car with them from the previous owner?
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