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                         <center>Setting Camber on the Neon</center><br>

<p>How to add 'crash' bolts to get more camber on your Neon for maximum
cornering power. Applies to standard Neon and ACR (but ACR gives more
adjustment).</p>

<p>There are 3 types of Chrysler bolts for the Neon to attach the struts to the
front steering knuckle:</p>

<p>standard bolt - fully threaded. No adjustment with standard suspension,
limited adjustment with slotted ACR struts.</p>

<p>'crash' bolt - threaded only part way, so allows slop where the strut and
knuckle meet. Can use one or two per side. I recommend two for the standard
suspension and one in the top for the ACR.</p>

<p>'camber' bolt - fully threaded, but with an offset head, allowing easier
fine adjustments when used with the ACR's slotted (lower bolt only) struts.
Only one used per side in the ACR only.</p>

<p>The camber adjusting "crash" bolts are relatively easy to install. You will
need to get the toe reset after installation. You also should borrow or rent
a 200 ft-lb torque wrench if you don't have one.</p>

<ol>
<li>Jack up one side in front and support with a jack stand. Remove wheel.</li>

<li>Remove and replace one bolt at a time. They go in from front to rear (nut
is on rear side). Just put the nuts on finger tight at first until both
upper and lower bolts are in. I recommend new nuts when you install new
bolts. Put a drop of 'locktite' on the (clean) threads before tightening.</li>

<li>When both bolts are in and just slightly tight, get a helper to pull out
the bottom of the knuckle while pushing in on the top and hold it like this
while you tighten up the nuts. This will give you maximum negative camber.</li>

<li>Torque the nuts to at least 150 ft-lb and maybe 175 ( I use 175 because
when at 150 the setting sometimes slips on my race car - like when pounding
the berms during races).</li>

<li>Repeat for the other side.</li>

<li>Adjust toe. I suggest learning to do your own toe adjustments. It can be
done with just hand tools. For example, see
http://www.best.com/~akkana/alignment.html. I use a toe gauge 'trammel bar"
that cost $80 from a race shop. If you take it out for front end alignment,
tell them specifically to adjust ONLY the toe - NOTHING ELSE- and report on
what the camber values are. If the camber is at its maximum setting on each
side, the sides shouldn't differ by too much.</li>

<li>For driving around town and spirited road driving, I don't think lots of
negative camber will cause excessive uneven tire wear. If you take any 3000
mile trips on the highway, you may want to re-align beforehand (just pop in
the old bolts and reset toe) to near zero camber.</li>

</ol>

<p>Good luck!</p>

<p>Dave Rowney</p>

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