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Nelson Wheeler Posted on Feb 02, 2014
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Changed all 4 struts on 03 cavalier, now the camber is off on the front wheels..

Camber is off on both tires. mainly the drivers side. Is there any way to adjust the camber without taking it to a professional, or buying camber adjustment bolts? any help is appreciated.

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If you put on new struts the bottom bolt hole is oblong for camber adjustments.Where the old struts bottom hole was not. If you put a jack under the lower control arm, jack the wheel off the ground and adjust the struts camber to where the wheel looks straight.And tighten bolts.

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  • Posted on May 20, 2008

SOURCE: front end noise cavalier

hi, this sounds like track rod ends have gone this is for the steering and causes the tyre to where in one point these are cheap to buy and easy to fit but you will need to get the tracking set after replacing this part as it needs to be set to stop your tire wearing uneven the noise your getting will be from the tire on the road as it will be forcing the tire to run uneven so getting this checked would be my first choice.
Hope this is some help toy you let me know how you get on or if you have any questions ok

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  • Posted on Jan 04, 2009

SOURCE: 96 Cavalier passenger rear brake lock up when wet or cold

Bad PROPORTION VALVE ... the back brakes should only be doing 30% of the stopping with a bad proportion valve it will send more pressure to the back during braking and cause it to lock up. Good Luck and thanks for using FIX YA

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  • Posted on Apr 27, 2009

SOURCE: 2.2 95 cavalier front clunking noise when turning

Usually a clunking sound is CV joints, however, take the two bottom bolts off first, make sure you don't over extend the cv shaft. It's better to have another person to hold the strut while you take the nuts off on top. I just replaced mine on my Caddy because the dampening was shot. I have never heard of struts clunking when turning. Always CV's.

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  • Posted on Dec 21, 2009

SOURCE: changed the rear break shoes and cylinders on a

Make sure you bleed the brakes completely, trapped air can cause the brakes to drag.

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  • Posted on Jun 20, 2010

SOURCE: my 1991 cavalier is a 2.2ltr 4 cyl. 3spd auto,

Deep growling sound could well be a bad wheel bearing. A bad cv joint will generally make a click or clacking sound, usually while only turning. While driving, you can often change the pitch of a bad wheel bearing with a slight turn of the steering wheel (note - slightly, no crazy zig-zag). What you're doing is shifting the weight on/off of this bearing and the pitch will change if it's bad. Only way to verify is to remove it and feel it in hand. It's a sealed hub/bearing assembly and only replaceable, not serviceable.

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