Camber Bolt Adjustment

michiganpat said
out of curiosity what year FSM is that? my '76 tells me to measure from the bottom of the torsion bar socket and shoot for 10 15/16". that feels really high. I have it set at about 10 3/8" with the .92" bars I put in, and it still looks high (although my 33 year old 5 leaf springs in back are likely sagging), and that leaves about 5/8" between the bump stop and the contact point on the K frame.

one other question, when you guys set ride height, do you set it with your weight in the driver's seat? I drive my car solo 90% of the time, so it seems to make sense to me that I should set ride height with my weight (about 235 lb) in the driver's seat, and probably have the car aligned that way too, or with me sitting in it. thoughts?

It's from a '73 manual. It looks like they changed the measurement procedure in '75, maybe had something to do with the cars that had the rubber isolated K frame? Or maybe the bent T-bar F cars?

Regardless, the factory ride height IS really high. My ride height is set so my A-B is 0, and it's still not slammed on the ground.

As far as the ride height and alignment goes, I've done it both ways. If you're driving the car 90% of the time with a certain weight distribution, it makes sense to set ride height and the alignment with that weight configuration.