Which camber correction bolts? PICS inside!!

Ok, I am sick and tired of driving around town looking for these damn bolts. I bought 4 from the Home Depot here only to find out the bolts in the packages are not 1.25 thread. I now have 4 40mm 8 . 8 grade that I got from ACE Hardware and 4 45mm
10 . 9 grade automotive bolts that I got from Pep Boys. The only bad thing about the Pep Boys bolts are the threads only are about halfway up the bolt as you can see in the pics.... I am most likely going to just use the Pep Boys bolts since they are the strongest material. I am measuring the bolt and just under 1" has threads and another 1" without threads. This does NOT include the hex head. Just the shaft of the bolt. Since my camber is off 3 degrees in the rear I am most likely going to need 4-5 washers anyhow.

You'll have to use your imagination since I do not know how to copy pictures. At the time when I took the OEM bolt out I had the Home Depot 40mm lenght (wrong thread pitch) bolts. Those are the 2 bolts in the pic below:

http://a7.cpimg.com/image/CD/1F/9516237-38dc-01E00280-.jpg

Now here is another 40mm lenght bolt (right thread pitch) lined up against the Pep Boys bolt that is only threaded half way:

http://a1.cpimg.com/image/EF/20/9516271-62b9-028001E0-.jpg

Here is another pic of the same 2 bolts showing the size of them. I covered the flash since it was causing a glare on the tape measure:

http://a8.cpimg.com/image/E2/20/9516258-818f-028001E0-.jpg

You can just imagine how much longer the 45mm is to the OEM bolt when looking at the pics. My main concern are the 1" of threads on the Pep Boys bolt. I don't think it will be a problem though since those bolts are really strong.

Here is a site that tells you about the grade / strength of bolts:
http://mdmetric.com/tech/u19e2.htm

What do you think? Pep Boys bolts should be fine?

[i]Previewing Post: Actually, as I am previewing the pics it looks as if the OEM may only be threaded an inch or so. So, I think the Pep Boys bolts should work fine.... Anyone else see this? I am going to be doing this Monday, so hopefully I am seeing all this right...

I just added 6 per bolt (Pep Boys bolts) and it straightened the $hit out of my rear wheels. Actually, too much! I bet it's about at 0 degrees and now my rear is rubbing on EVERY little bump. This is after I raised it up maybe a 1/4" of an inch because the rear had been sitting a little lower than the front. So, I am going to miss work today (I'm going to play dumb and act like I had the day off :rolleyes: ) and have to go back out and remove 2 washers from each bolt :o

Pics will be up later :)

cool bolts man! got any more pics of other bolts youve seen?

Taking a little break before I go back out....
I'm going to remove 3 washers and just hope for no more than 1.8 degrees of negative camber. If I were to remove 2 washers I bet it still will rub hard in the rear. I'll just make sure I rotate the tires between 3 and 4k.

Well here are the pics:

http://a4.cpimg.com/image/1E/43/9533214-a32d-028001E0-.jpg

http://a3.cpimg.com/image/1D/43/9533213-8443-028001E0-.jpg

http://a6.cpimg.com/image/20/43/9533216-ea97-028001E0-.jpg

http://a1.cpimg.com/image/25/43/9533221-96df-028001E0-.jpg

After I took her around the block and rubbed at least 4 times :eek:
That has got to be 0 or maybe even positive camber. I am going to remove 3 of the 6 washers.....

http://a9.cpimg.com/image/19/42/9533209-338c-01E00280-.jpg

I'll be back :alien:

so how many washers did it turn out to be??? I'm so glad you posted this. later


Becca

I ended up using 3 washers and as you can see in the printout it turned out pretty good ;)

http://a0.cpimg.com/image/AA/3F/9548970-c4cd-0200018F-.jpg

cool. i have access to an alignment machine at school this week so i can fix it almost perfect. thanks


Becca

I used 4 washers for mine =) turned out great for my 2 1/4" drop

Jeff

well mine's a 2" drop. i guess i'll just have to keep trying. thanks though.


Becca