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Old Apr 20, 2018 | 12:20 AM
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Front camber issue during build

Hello all I am currently faced with a dilemma of epic proportions. I am in the middle of my 1972 f100 build and finished the front end today. A little background I completely tore down the frame and have it sandblasted and painted. I installed new DJm beams, new moon springs (progressive rate and factory height), New kingpins, new brakes the whole nine right. When I bolted in the front tires on tonight and noticed that one tire tilt out more than the other. I’ll attach pics to show you what I’m talking about and I understand there’s no weight on the new springs but my concern is that if that’s the case the tires should be tilting out evenly. Also I have not fully tightened the axle pivot bolt yet as I was told to do it once the motor was in. Any ideas?
 

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Old Apr 20, 2018 | 12:22 AM
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Old Apr 20, 2018 | 12:26 AM
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I could be over reacting but I saw this and lost my S*#%. Like I said passenger wheel sticks about 3/16th of an inch more than driver side even tho it looks way more
 
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Old Apr 20, 2018 | 04:33 AM
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You are overreacting. 3/16ths? That's not much. The engine doesn't sit in the center of the frame for that matter so just wait til it's all together.
 
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Old Apr 20, 2018 | 08:53 AM
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agreed ,don't worry about it till you get some weight on there.. Looking good !!!
 
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Old Apr 20, 2018 | 10:27 AM
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Concur with the two previous posts... It'll settle once the suspension is laden. Your concerns are premature at this time.
 
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Old Apr 20, 2018 | 04:23 PM
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Ok so I couldn’t wait so I sat the motor and trans back in just to see where I’m at and it did help a lot. Going to leave the motor and trans in for a few weeks to see if it helps settle the spring a bit.

 
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Old Apr 20, 2018 | 04:24 PM
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Old Apr 20, 2018 | 05:23 PM
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Roll your chassis forward 10 feet and then back into the position as pictured. Right now it prolly has some scrub/binding which is visually exacerbating the positive camber effect.
 
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Old Apr 20, 2018 | 11:17 PM
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I sandblasted the leaf springs today and rear diff is twomorrow so once I get it all put together I will be sure to get it out and roll it around
 
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