Wheel camber adjusting means for vehicles

Claim 1

A vehicular wheel camber adjusting mean for use with a Mc Pherson-type strut suspension which includes a shock absorbing strut having an outer cylinder, the strut being resiliently secured proximate the upper end thereof to a structural part of the vehicle, a coil spring surrounding the strut, the coil spring being located and acting between the upper end of the strut and the upper end of the outer cylinder, a lower arm having one end thereof connected to a structural part of the vehicle, the other end of the lower arm including a ball joint and a knuckle arm having one end thereof connected to the ball joint, said adjustment means comprising a bracket coupled to the outer cylinder proximate the lower end thereof, said bracket having a pair of arms integral therewith and first and second connecting holes through each said arm, said first connecting hole in each said arm being slotted, a portion of the knuckle arm being positioned between said pair of arms of said bracket and secured thereto by means of first and second connecting bolts each having a longitudinal axis extending through said first and second connecting holes, respectively, in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, there being further included an adjusting bolt and at least one shim vertically spaced from said connecting bolts for coupling said bracket to the knuckle arm portion, the longitudinal axis of said adjusting bolt being substantially at a right angle to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle said adjusting bolt extending loosely through said bracket and being threaded into the knuckle arm whereby when said adjusting bolt is axially displaced the knuckle arm portion will pivot about the longitudinal axis of said second connecting bolt and said first connecting bolt will move within said slotted first connecting hole.