Camber alignment, can it be done?

[Yorkshirerover]

Really confused at the minute. Car been pulling to the left recently so went and got the wheels aligned. Results came back all four wheels fine and in tolerance but the cambar is out of tolerance. Rang a load of garages and nobody seems to be able to sort it! It’s a 2016 Dacia Sandero and I think it’s fixed not adjustable.

Anyone know if the cambar can be aligned to tolerance if it’s even possible? And what it might take to get it right? Cheers

[hairy v]

Do you mean camber?

[TedStriker]

The place that checked the alignment should be able to tell you if it's adjustable - if it' a hunter setup it shows them exactly what to do. Did you get a printout?

If cambEr isn't adjustable but it's out then you're looking for bent suspension components or possibly a buckled wheel if they didn't check properly - ie
rotated the wheels 180 degrees to recheck.

[Yorkshirerover]

hairy v said:

Do you mean camber?

Sorry yes

[Yorkshirerover]

TedStriker said:

The place that checked the alignment should be able to tell you if it's adjustable - if it' a hunter setup it shows them exactly what to do. Did you get a printout?

If cambEr isn't adjustable but it's out then you're looking for bent suspension components or possibly a buckled wheel if they didn't check properly - ie
rotated the wheels 180 degrees to recheck.

Place I got it done at didn’t tell me if it was adjustable but called somewhere else and they said it isn’t. Never got a printout just showed me on the screen after. Is that possibly a big and expensive job to get sorted?

[E-bmw]

Whilst it may not be "adjustable" quite often slackening off suspension bolts & retightening with tension in the right direction can significantly improve things.

As has been said many times before the operator is quite often the key with alignment.

[Hol]

Pulling to the left recently would mean that it didn’t pull before.

Has there been anything significant that happened, Like a pothole or small shunt?


It could be
Something bent.
A bush or baljoint failed
A coil spring snapped
A brake binding.

Edited by Hol on Thursday 9th June 21:55

[GreenV8S]

Yorkshirerover said:

all four wheels fine and in tolerance but the cambar is out of tolerance.

This doesn't make much sense. The geometry check includes camber. If the camber is wrong, the wheel isn't fine and isn't in tolerance.

Camber can definitely cause the steering to pull, and on modern cars with wide tyres the effect can be quite pronounced. How far out are they?

[InitialDave]

Camber may not be adjustable as standard, but if it's a Renault based strut design, there's a good chance aftermarket camber adjustment bolts for a Renault would fit, just need to know what size they are.