Rear Camber Arms, Tyre Wear

[RCEBNR]

hi guys... ok bear with me while i run this through..

ive had an overly annoying 'squeek' coming from somewhere in the rear for the past 3-4 months, its comes and goes, but sound at times my car sounds like a rickety old trailer at times.... its embarrasing the amount of looks it get...

i took the car to a large suspension related business (not mentioning the name) 2 weeks ago to finally fix the problem, and they said its to do with the adjustable rear camber arms that are fitted to the car, something about them not being fitted correctly by the previous owner... they fixed the problem, for a week....

i just jumped under the car to have another look myself and it appears all they did was smear the arm in some sort of lubricating grease to stop the squeek.. looks super sh!thouse...

im about to get new tyres, as the insides are very worn.. but i want to get the squeek and the obvious camber problem (see tyre pic) fixed before i get new tyres as i want them to last...

my 2 questions are:

Should (when the car is on the jack) the wheel move around at the carmber arm joint (pictured)? it has a couple of mm lateral movement when i push/pull the wheel, and is this related to the god awful noise?

jsut want to get it sorted, as i said, so i get rid of the noise and dont wear out my new tyres too fast.

i want to take the car somewhere with a good rep in melbourne to fix the prob once and for all, who can u recommend?

cheers

james

[RCEBNR]

also the car is a r32 gtst and ive got gtr rims on the back so offset is +40 i think.. if that makes any diff?

[blind_elk]

The wear pattern is more reminiscent of a toe-out problem than a camber problem.

The squeak is totally unrelated to the tyre wear. I agree, they did a pretty crappy job on the bush - it really needs to be disassembled and re-greased. It looks like a rose-jointed setup - could have worn a bit to produce the slackness you describe.

GT-R rims are about a +20 offset, IIRC, so the rim is sitting out 20 mm further than a comparable GTSt rim. That will load the bearings abnormally and may also contribute to the tyre wear. And may be putting extra pressure on the camber joint.

[r33_racer]

There should be virtually nothing to very very small amount of play in that camber adjustment. You might want to check its not the rose joint(spherical bearing), if the previous owner put them on and bought them second hand or has used the car extensively for drifting/circuit racing even with new ones they are probably worn and need replacing and that could be the noise and cause of the excessive tyre wear.

[Sydneykid]

Some reading for you;

What is wrong with aftermarket arms

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...mp;hl=spherical

R32GTST Group Buy

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...showtopic=85591

cheers

Edited August 30, 2006 by Sydneykid

[RCEBNR]

sweet.. well then i'm on the hunt for some std rear arms, once i find some il be in touch SK and get this noise fixed.

anyone got any lying around?

[r33_racer]

haha r33 ones...but that doesnt help unfortunately....sorry.

[someonestolecc]

SK is right about rear camber arms. I got them because I didn't mind the downsides

Silicone grease is your friend - remove their muck (looks like it was done by someone who doesn't know where the lube is meant to go) and spray the rose joint. If it's worn as blind elk said that won't help, then remove them Otherwise I'd keep them till they stop working..