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Originally Posted by SMOKETREES
Yeah I went all the way towards the engine so I'm guessing that's - right? And going towards the wheel would be +? But my front have about 5 threads left and the rears have about 41/2 but will be a little lower when I can get to it. I'll just reset one of the mileage things and go 500 miles and take wheel off and check. I mean I have some stretched tires so I bet I'll be okay, we will see tho. I was also looking very carefully on comparing the rear natural camber and the front and it looks pretty much the same nos and never seen tire wear on the rears.
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If you have a level you can get a pretty good idea of how much camber you have. Hold the level against the bottom lip of the wheel and use the bubble to make sure it's vertical. While holding it vertical, measure the distance between the top lip of the wheel and the edge of the level. Plug that distance into: arctan(distH/distV). distH is the horizontal distance between the level and the wheel at the top, and distV is the vertical distance between the point on the bottom of the wheel that touches the level and the top point that is measured to (essentially the diameter of the wheel as measured, not the spec diameter). If I take the values measured on my car I can plug them into google like so:
arctan(-0.42/21) in degrees, I can see that I have about -1.15 degrees of camber.
It's not going to be as accurate as an alignment rack, but it's a lot cheaper if you already have the tools, and you can get pretty close with a steady hand and a keen eye.