85 F350 Alignment adjustments
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85 F350 Alignment adjustments
I'm getting ready to lower my 85 F350 Dually. My question is what adjustments can be done besides the toe? It has king pins in it.
I know that some F350's had adjustments for the caster & camber.
I know that some F350's had adjustments for the caster & camber.
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The beams with ball joints usually can be adjusted, since the balljoint is mounted in an eccentric.
Your only choice for adjustment is going to be to bend the beam. Before you do anything, I would go to a big truck shop that does the 18 wheeler alignments, and talk to them to see if they would be willing to align your truck after you modify it. If they can, they will use hydraulic jacks and chains to bend the beam. If they would be willing to do it, I bet it would be expensive.
Your only choice for adjustment is going to be to bend the beam. Before you do anything, I would go to a big truck shop that does the 18 wheeler alignments, and talk to them to see if they would be willing to align your truck after you modify it. If they can, they will use hydraulic jacks and chains to bend the beam. If they would be willing to do it, I bet it would be expensive.
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All you can adjust is the toe-in without bending the I beams. I dont reccomend lowering it. How were you planniing on lowering it? They make "dream beams" which is a hole new set of I beams only lower but I dont know if they make them for a F350, or if they even still make them.
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All you can adjust is the toe-in without bending the I beams. I dont reccomend lowering it. How were you planniing on lowering it? They make "dream beams" which is a hole new set of I beams only lower but I dont know if they make them for a F350, or if they even still make them.
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If the dream beams have b all joints they should be adjustable using offset caster/camber bushings like newer stock 2wd trucks and all the TTB 4x4's. If they have king pins then they would need to be bent to align it.
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