Question: Camber Compensator(s)?

[Lids]

cut and weld the mount.

[OldSpeed]

I've heard that there can be problems when fitting a camber compensator to a '67> swing axle beetle with a Z bar due to the ends of the compensator fouling on the Z bar cup mounts.

Has anyone had any experience of this?

I'm considering buying the CB performance item marked as B in the photo below and i'd like to be sure it will fit!



Thanks. 

[John Rayburn]

I've heard that there can be problems when fitting a camber compensator to a '67> swing axle beetle with a Z bar due to the ends of the compensator fouling on the Z bar cup mounts.

Has anyone had any experience of this?

I'm considering buying the CB performance item marked as B in the photo below and i'd like to be sure it will fit!



Thanks. 

                                                I put one on a friends 67 with z bar still on, and I seem to remember using one that I had for a 356 porsche. It had a much shorter torsion bar and fit really well.

[OldSpeed]

Thanks John. Thats just what I wanted to hear. 

[Rune]

Putting a camber compensator on my car really improved the handling, also helped reduced wheel hop a little bit.

Sorry for taking it a bit OT, but could anyone help me out with a correct rubber mount for my empi/speedwell compensator? I just have a rubber disk in there now, to thick. Can't get it out to drain trans oil. Need to remove the entire bracket...

[nicolas]

the A type will fit as well as the cups are on the sides and it wont interfere. i am not sure if the B type fits as i think the cups and war will move to the same point when cornering.

and i have a question myself. i have installed the Crown sideplates on the trans and they are a bit wider as the original ones. so i can't fit the camber comp. i have 28mm torsion bars on the type3 now as well. will it change handleling or do i need to a way to make it fit again?

[speedwell]

 

[John Rayburn]

the A type will fit as well as the cups are on the sides and it wont interfere. i am not sure if the B type fits as i think the cups and war will move to the same point when cornering.

and i have a question myself. i have installed the Crown sideplates on the trans and they are a bit wider as the original ones. so i can't fit the camber comp. i have 28mm torsion bars on the type3 now as well. will it change handleling or do i need to a way to make it fit again?

                                         I always ran EMPI's frame style mount to avoid the issue altogether. I never wanted to grind on the sidecover. Plan B was to fab extensions to make the standard mount wider, but never had to , obviously. I always liked the frame mounts better as there would be far less movement than a mount attached to the trans, especialy if the trans was floating on rubber mounts.

[nicolas]

the A type will fit as well as the cups are on the sides and it wont interfere. i am not sure if the B type fits as i think the cups and war will move to the same point when cornering.

and i have a question myself. i have installed the Crown sideplates on the trans and they are a bit wider as the original ones. so i can't fit the camber comp. i have 28mm torsion bars on the type3 now as well. will it change handleling or do i need to a way to make it fit again?

                                         I always ran EMPI's frame style mount to avoid the issue altogether. I never wanted to grind on the sidecover. Plan B was to fab extensions to make the standard mount wider, but never had to , obviously. I always liked the frame mounts better as there would be far less movement than a mount attached to the trans, especialy if the trans was floating on rubber mounts.

do you have a pic off one of these mounted to the frame. it sounds like a good option. mine is always in the way if you have to work on the car (set suspensionhight, new springplates,... and now the gearbox leaks as always take it off and the gaskets let oil through. and if i only remove the crossbar you can't drain the oil on the bugpack ones. 
so i am open to suggestions to change it for a better CC.

[peach_]

hey do bother these do the same job?

as they look to do different things?

cheers for your help

[peach_]

yes they do lol 

im guessing no one has decided which is best thou? 

cheers 

[John Rayburn]

(A) could not work the same, because (B) would work like the original and be pre loaded, pulling on the axles, like EMPI's.While (A) would not have the ability to pull the inside axle down in a turn .

[Donny B.]

I have to agree with John.  Of course I am predjudiced.  I have been using (B) for years and let me tell you, you can feel the difference on the road.  Where I noticed it the most is in a long sweeping turn while accelerating onto a freeway.

[John Rayburn]

Long freeway sweepers are where I always seem to see the biggest difference too. The car just feels planted.

[Donny B.]

The car just feels planted.

Exactly!

[Diederick/DVK]

OK, resurrection a really old thread here. But I've installed my SAW camber compensator a few years ago. And a few weeks ago I discovered the odd clunking I can hear when slowly driving on uneven roads. It seems the urethane ends of the camber compensator interfere with my rear shocks. Has anyone had this too?

The only thing I can come up with is that my rear axle are (all the way) forward. But they're not and I had my car aligned when put the built gearbox in. The shocks are white KYB so not bigger or wider than usual either.

[ibg]

I had the same problem on a stock ghia. I ground of some of the urethane where it touched. I used a belt sander.

[JeeWee]

http://356enterprises.com/suspension-and-brakes-porsche-356/ and look for camber regulator

I am going to try one of these:
https://www.kerscher-tuning.de/kaefer/detail.php?id=204