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V1 Rear strut bolts not holding camber

Indy Lonnie

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Indy Lonnie
Just went racing again and my rear strut moved to positive camber. This is the second time. I have the new rear tubular subframe and the strut mount looks like polished billet. Disclaimer - both times when it happened the car was sent off-roading/off track. The jolt seems to be pushing it out. The first time I had the positive camber “cam” bolts in there. This time I replaced cam bolts with 10.9 bolts and nylock nuts torqued to 100 ft lbs. I’m just wondering if anyone else has experienced this issue? Also, would roughing up or grooving the billet mounts wouldhelp. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Indy Lonnie
Thanks!
Saw your reply this morning. Went out and dug through the spare nut and bolt bucket and found the original knurled bolts.
I found 1 bolt in Canada. Looks like these bolts are discontinued.
I have washers from 2 sets of cam bolts that have an offset and teeth built into them. I think I’ll try to use both on the top of the strut where the slot is located
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duthehustle93
I don't think you'd want to run the washers that came with the eccentric bolts... OEM everything always kicks butt if you have the choice to run it as the factory intended. Regarding roughing up the upright, I don't think that would make much of a difference. Aluminum would deform and bite plenty fine at 100ftlbs x 2.

Is your torque wrench accurate? Are you sure it's slipping there? With 2x of those bolts torqued to 100ft*lbs you have around 12 tons of clamping force at those faces. If you aren't positive it's slipping there... I would recommend scribing a mark, and seeing if it slips. You may also want to consider ratchet strapping a 2x4 or large pry bar onto the wheel and getting a helper to try to yank on the suspension to see where it's shifting.

I hate to admit this publicly, but on the very first lemons car I built several years back (it was 100% a FAFO build), instead of using eccentric bolts, crash bolts, or slotting, we went to the closest hardware store, downsized to (I believe) 3/8-16, held max camber, and then torqued them to ~60ft*lbs. We ran the whole 15 hour race, had a few offs and one contact, and camber held the whole time. It was a bad idea... but it worked. To me, something else seems wrong if you're slipping there and torqued them. Does the strut slip on with a nice tight slip fit, or is it really loose? Perhaps the upright is too narrow/strut mount is too wide?
 
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