Isuzu/pick up steering/suspension specialist Dorset

[oxfordshirestalker]

Hi all,
I’ve got a 63 plate DMax with what looks like excessive negative camber on the OSF wheel leading to uneven tyre wear.
I took it to the local (decent) tyre shop who improved it but couldn’t get it right. Said it might need shimming. May have been something about camber bolts?
Subsequently took it to kwikfit (yes, I know) for 4 new tyres and thought I’d take advantage of their included free wheel alignment check but they just couldn’t get their heads around it.
It’s running standard sized all terrain tyres and hasn’t been lifted.

It doesn’t bother me that much in terms of handling (pulls to the right very slightly) and doesn’t do vast numbers of miles. However, it would be nice to get it sorted.

Does anyone know of a decent garage in Dorset who are good with 4x4 suspension/steering who might take a look? My mechanical knowledge of steering is lacking.

Thanks

 

[User00056]

Just a thought that's popped into my head. Some suspension setups have adjustable camber by way of bolts with elliptical shoulders that act as cams and give a range of adjustment through their rotation position. Couldn't be that yours has this setup and someone has maybe inadvertently swapped them out with standard bolts without realising the ramifications?

 

[Malxwal]

Just a thought that's popped into my head. Some suspension setups have adjustable camber by way of bolts with elliptical shoulders that act as cams and give a range of adjustment through their rotation position. Couldn't be that yours has this setup and someone has maybe inadvertently swapped them out with standard bolts without realising the ramifications?

Or without recourse to the appropriate manuals and information, don't realise this adjustment is present ? You'd have thought,in this day and age,all this would be in the online versions of Autodata or the like, simply at the input of a chassis number/VIN

 

[ruger77]

The bolts are not offset the cam washers have the offset

 

[User00056]

The bolts are not offset the cam washers have the offset

Ah. Knew there was a cam somewhere

 

[Tim.243]

Hi all,
I’ve got a 63 plate DMax with what looks like excessive negative camber on the OSF wheel leading to uneven tyre wear.
I took it to the local (decent) tyre shop who improved it but couldn’t get it right. Said it might need shimming. May have been something about camber bolts?
Subsequently took it to kwikfit (yes, I know) for 4 new tyres and thought I’d take advantage of their included free wheel alignment check but they just couldn’t get their heads around it.
It’s running standard sized all terrain tyres and hasn’t been lifted.

It doesn’t bother me that much in terms of handling (pulls to the right very slightly) and doesn’t do vast numbers of miles. However, it would be nice to get it sorted.

Does anyone know of a decent garage in Dorset who are good with 4x4 suspension/steering who might take a look? My mechanical knowledge of steering is lacking.

Thanks

What was the tracking like?
Find a flat piece of ground "concreate" run the truck back and fwd with the wheels straight, look at where the steering wheel sits. Then look at the gap from the edge of the wing (from the A post) to the tyre, first indicator that a wheel is back will be a difference in both sides. When we looked at cars for people that was one of the first things we checked, especially on small cars with fresh paint work. @paul o'
Simple old school check.

 

[gixer1]

The other thing to check is wheel bearings, dmax’s have adjustable wheel bearings, it’s a very simple adjustment (would take about 15 mins) but if you have any play that could lead to uneven tyre wear.

Regards,
Gixer

 

[gixer1]

Here’s a vid on it -

 

[Dorset Deer]

Barry Dodd's, he has a unit on Ferndown industrial estate, next to the Isuzu dealer ( Ferndown commercials)

 

[Donkey Basher]

As VSS has hinted, has the truck had some damage previously? - either been in an accident or been used off road in a situation that may have put a slight but not visible bend into one or more of the suspension components on that side?

 

[jthyttin]

While at it, have them go through all bushings etc. since worn components might result in situation where the adjustment range is lacking.

 

[VSS]

As VSS has hinted, has the truck had some damage previously? - either been in an accident or been used off road in a situation that may have put a slight but not visible bend into one or more of the suspension components on that side?

Nothing to do with me. I haven't got much of a clue about this sort of thing.

 

[Donkey Basher]

Nothing to do with me. I haven't got much of a clue about this sort of thing.

Oops - sorry, meant Tim.243

 

[Tim.243]

Oops - sorry, meant Tim.243

lot of link arms and quite a big truck (i have one) so knocking a wheel back will cause it to pull but other things will do that as well.

 

[pazmino]

I've had uneven tyre wear twice, and both times it was the wheel bearings, for what it's worth.

 

[oxfordshirestalker]

Sorry, all. Missed replies to this.

Thank you for your suggestions.
It pulls to the right when run along straight and flat.

Not convinced it’s had any major damage in the past but not able to be confident of that.

Not a total disaster given usage but if easy to sort it would be good.

I’ll do some further looking.

 

[ColinBr]

Here’s a vid on it -

Was just about to post this mate

 

[oxfordshirestalker]

Just a thought that's popped into my head. Some suspension setups have adjustable camber by way of bolts with elliptical shoulders that act as cams and give a range of adjustment through their rotation position. Couldn't be that yours has this setup and someone has maybe inadvertently swapped them out with standard bolts without realising the ramifications?

I need to get underneath and have a look but my understanding is that the elliptical shoulders fit between some little flanges and that one of these may have snapped off (meaning that the elliptical shoulders have nothing to push against as such)

 

[PMA]

Used to use these on the woolsbridge industrial estate
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