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demondriverdan

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The car has started leaking power steering fluid since I put the camber adjustable top mounts on along with the strut braces. The leak only happens when the steering is turned, I can see from the fluid drops on the floor.

I'm thinking that by adding the top mount camber, the hub is slightly further away from the ram causing a seal breaking or something? Possibly should be able to remove it by winding the TREs out a bit?

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Posted 20th Jan 2014 at 21:44
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scotzman

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Adjustable top mounts will bring the hub in if they are adjusted for -ve camber.

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Posted 20th Jan 2014 at 21:46
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demondriverdan

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I thought it would angle the bottom of the hub out?

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Posted 20th Jan 2014 at 21:58
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scotzman

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demondriverdan wrote:
I thought it would angle the bottom of the hub out?


No, the pivot is the ball joint, which is at the bottom of the hub, you move the top mounts in to give -ve camber which will bring in the hub very slightly too.

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Posted 20th Jan 2014 at 22:07
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demondriverdan

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Of course, that makes sense. There goes my genius plan for an easy solution!

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Posted 20th Jan 2014 at 22:07
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demondriverdan

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Bit of a bump, seems the fluid leak is coming from the ram itself. Bit of a PITA really

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Posted 16th Feb 2014 at 23:30
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