Mazda MX-5 NA silhouetteMX-5 NA

WHEEL ALIGNMENT

R-7prose procedure

Cater

Cater is adjusted by turning the front and/or rear adjusting cam bolt at the lower arm.

Caster adjustment

  1. 1
    Loosen the front and/or rear cam nut.
    Photo showing a hand wrenching the adjusting cam bolt and cam nut at the lower arm for caster adjustment. Callouts label NUT and ADJUSTING CAM BOLT.
    05U0RX-011
  2. 2
    Turn the front and/or rear adjusting cam bolt to provide the correct caster angle.
    Lower arm (left wheel) with arrows indicating turning direction of the adjusting cam bolt to INCREASE caster. ADJUSTING CAM BOLT and INCREASE are labelled.
    05U0RX-012
  3. 3
    Adjust the camber and the toe-in.

Caster Adjustment Directions

Increase
Left wheel Front camCounter-clockwise
Left wheel Rear camCounter-clockwise
Right wheel Front camClockwise
Right wheel Rear camClockwise
Decrease
Left wheel Front camClockwise
Left wheel Rear camClockwise
Right wheel Front camCounter-clockwise
Right wheel Rear camCounter-clockwise

Camber

Camber is adjusted by turning the front and rear adjusting cam bolts at the lower arm.

Camber adjustment

  1. 1
    Loosen the front and rear cam nuts.
  2. 2
    Turn the front and rear adjusting cam bolts the same amount in the opposite direction to provide the correct camber angle.
    Lower arm (left wheel) with arrows indicating turning direction to provide POSITIVE camber.
    05U0RX-014

Camber Adjustment Directions

Positive
Left wheel Front camCounter-clockwise
Left wheel Rear camClockwise
Right wheel Front camClockwise
Right wheel Rear camCounter-clockwise
Negative
Left wheel Front camClockwise
Left wheel Rear camCounter-clockwise
Right wheel Front camCounter-clockwise
Right wheel Rear camClockwise

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