Neg. camber machined rear spacers???

[Yaristeve]

Originally Posted by Viperoni

You don't gain any camber on the solid rear axle as it compresses... and you do want some.

Why would you want to? With solid axles (ignoring for a moment the change, if any, in camber due to the twisting) the tires remain perpendicular to the road which will give maximum lateral traction. That is the goal of controling camber gain in independent suspension.

How much camber results from twisting? Can't be much. Although I suppose in theory the twist beam acts like a semi-trailing arm...

[Viperoni]

Originally Posted by Yaristeve

Why would you want to? With solid axles (ignoring for a moment the change, if any, in camber due to the twisting) the tires remain perpendicular to the road which will give maximum lateral traction. That is the goal of controling camber gain in independent suspension.

How much camber results from twisting? Can't be much. Although I suppose in theory the twist beam acts like a semi-trailing arm...

I think it's better to account for bumps/road surface anomalies than to not.
Also, when a radial tire gets cornered hard, it can roll underitself; negative camber can help prevent that.

Finally, I've personally witnessed not only my car's rear tires, but also another fellow echo owner's rear tires have more outside wear than inside.
Obviously some negative camber would help even that out.

[Yaristeve]

Originally Posted by Viperoni

Also, when a radial tire gets cornered hard, it can roll underitself; negative camber can help prevent that.

Finally, I've personally witnessed not only my car's rear tires, but also another fellow echo owner's rear tires have more outside wear than inside.
Obviously some negative camber would help even that out.

Interesting. Could your outside wear be due to underinflation? Or sidewalls that are too short and therefore stiff causing the inside edge to lift up?

It's just odd to me; I've never had uneven wear on my 79 Celica which is a solid rear axle (but RWD and 5-link). Anyhow, thanks for your answers and my apologies to the OP for hijacking his thread/question...