Camber bolt confusion
Posted: April 2nd, 2003, 5:12 am
Ok guys, pay close attention to this...<p>I went into Canadian Tire with the intentions in mind that i want to purchase 4 camber bolts for a 1992 Mazda MX-3 GS.<p>The guy pulls it up on the computer and it says "Camber Bolt - C$26.05". I asked a few questions to try and figure out if that's per bolt or for a pair, and he said "I don't have a clue". So I just ordered two (2)...<p>A couple days later I go in and pick them up, sure enough with my luck there was just one (1) camber bolt in each box (as showen in the picture below). No problem, I put in an order for another two (2)...<p>
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A couple days later I go in and pick them up, both boxes are both boxes are identical...so i just open one box up to make sure the right part is in there and it was the same as the first two bolts I got (I didn't check the other box).<p>So now im thinking that I got four (4) camber bolts ready to go! A few weeks go by and the day finally comes when im going to take my car in and have my struts/springs/camber bolts installed. Just before I leave the house I look inside ALL the boxes this time to make 100% sure everything is there...sure enough, the 4th box that I didn’t' check had TWO camber bolts both exactly the same in it (picture showen below).<p>
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So i take the 4th box back (thinking they just put the wrong part in the box). I explain the situation to the guy at Canadian Tire and he orders yet another one of these "Camber Bolt - C$26.05".<p>A couple days later I go in and pick them up, only to find out that yet AGAIN I get two of these camber bolts that are not the same as the bolts I got in the first 3 boxes! Since this guy doesn't seem to know what the hell he is selling, I suggest that he calls his distributor and to find out what’s the deal on these camber bolts. Cause they are obviously NOT the same (as seen in the picture below).<p>
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Well to make a long story short, I ended up keeping two of the longer camber bolts and two of the shorter camber bolts. I’m going to take my car (along with the camber bolts in-hand) into my mechanic and tell him that Canadian Tire says these two totally different camber bolts are designed for the MX-3 GS, so try em' out and see if they work in both he front/rear, just rear, and/or just front.<p>Any suggestiongs lol? If you can't tell, im VERY FRUSTRATED with this whole camber ****. Once if figure all this out, i'll update the ZX2 FAQ thread.<p>[ April 02, 2003: Message edited by: zytariuk ]</p>
![Image](http://members.rogers.com/zytariuk/images/big.jpg)
A couple days later I go in and pick them up, both boxes are both boxes are identical...so i just open one box up to make sure the right part is in there and it was the same as the first two bolts I got (I didn't check the other box).<p>So now im thinking that I got four (4) camber bolts ready to go! A few weeks go by and the day finally comes when im going to take my car in and have my struts/springs/camber bolts installed. Just before I leave the house I look inside ALL the boxes this time to make 100% sure everything is there...sure enough, the 4th box that I didn’t' check had TWO camber bolts both exactly the same in it (picture showen below).<p>
![Image](http://members.rogers.com/zytariuk/images/small.jpg)
So i take the 4th box back (thinking they just put the wrong part in the box). I explain the situation to the guy at Canadian Tire and he orders yet another one of these "Camber Bolt - C$26.05".<p>A couple days later I go in and pick them up, only to find out that yet AGAIN I get two of these camber bolts that are not the same as the bolts I got in the first 3 boxes! Since this guy doesn't seem to know what the hell he is selling, I suggest that he calls his distributor and to find out what’s the deal on these camber bolts. Cause they are obviously NOT the same (as seen in the picture below).<p>
![Image](http://members.rogers.com/zytariuk/images/both.jpg)
Well to make a long story short, I ended up keeping two of the longer camber bolts and two of the shorter camber bolts. I’m going to take my car (along with the camber bolts in-hand) into my mechanic and tell him that Canadian Tire says these two totally different camber bolts are designed for the MX-3 GS, so try em' out and see if they work in both he front/rear, just rear, and/or just front.<p>Any suggestiongs lol? If you can't tell, im VERY FRUSTRATED with this whole camber ****. Once if figure all this out, i'll update the ZX2 FAQ thread.<p>[ April 02, 2003: Message edited by: zytariuk ]</p>