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1974 Camber and Caster Adjustments?

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Old 09-29-2003, 08:04 AM
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1974 Camber and Caster Adjustments?

I have a '74 F-100 2WD with the TIB and Kingpins. On these older vehicles, is there a camber and caster adjustment? If not, what front end adjustments besides toe can be done?
 
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If the kingpins, springs and all the bushings are in good shape, there should be no need for camber/caster adjustment. They were not made with adjustable camber/caster, but it can be adjusted if need be - with a lot of work.

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Thanks Marty...

I don't suspect any particular problems. I'm just going to give it a whirl at alignment. I got the front wheels balanced and I am good to go up and over 75mph, but I noticed what looked like a bit of "toe out" when I look at it from a distance. I did some reading, and think I can do that adjustment to at least get it closer.
 
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a good alinment shop has the equipment to bend the I-beams to adjust caster/camber toe is adjusted with the adjustment sleevs on the tie rods
 
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Replace all of your suspension bushings with new rubber or polyurethane. Kingpin replacement is best done by a shop. Alignments can be done by a good heavy truck shop. The normal car alignment shops can not align one of these trucks.
 
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