Adjusting camber on rear axle — VW
Adjusting camber on rear axle on VW: 10 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: platform code 6Z1
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- The maximum adjustment range is 90° to the left or right of centre.
📋 Procedure
- Raise vehicle 37.1General information; Raising vehicle.
- Remove wheel housing liner General body repairs, exterior66Wheel housing liner; Removing and installing front wheel housing liner.
- Remove rear underbody cover General body repairs, exterior66Underbody cover; Removing and installing underbody covers.
- Unscrew nut (1) of eccentric bolt (2) from suspension link (3).
- Tighten new nut (1) for eccentric bolt (2) hand-tight.
- Adjust camber by turning eccentric bolt (2) in direction of (arrows) until specified value is obtained. [Note: The maximum adjustment range is 90° to the left or right of centre.]
- Tighten nut of eccentric bolt(1) hand-tight.
- Check camber value.
- Remove wheel .
- Tighten nut (1) of eccentric bolt (2).
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TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.
The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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