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Old 07-08-2004, 04:23 PM
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Castor correction

Took my 95 in for alignment today found the camber to be off about 2.5% on each side we can put in adjustment bushings for that, but the castor measures at .1 deg on the left and abou 1.3 on the right the machine says spec for these is above 3.5. two questions
1. how did I get it this bad?
2. what can I do to fix it, they talked about differnt ball joints but that is a much as i know.

Thanks for any imput I am pretty uninformed about alignment problems.
 
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Old 07-08-2004, 07:35 PM
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Frozen ball joints can definately mess with the alignment. I would have to venture it is that. Have you lifted the wheels off the ground, and tried to rock the tires back and forth?


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How woudt the ball joins get frozen. also could putting heavy duty Rancho coils affect the castor or just the camber?
 
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Old 07-09-2004, 09:15 PM
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are your radious arm bushing good. if they are bad they could change your caster by letting the bottom of the wheel be to far forward or back.buy a good quality set and replace them and make sure the mounts are 100% good. also make sure you torque the nuts to the proper torque.
 
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