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Sep 19, 2018 | 09:18 PM

avellaneda13

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LOWERING SPRINGS

So o jave a lowered 86 f150 2x4 with djm dream beams in front im looking for more drop with springs, do they have camber bushing for lowered vechiles.

Sep 19, 2018 | 09:48 PM

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Sep 20, 2018 | 04:58 PM

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They have camber bushings, that is standard parts to align these trucks. The problem is they only have so much adjustment to them. I know when you raise one of these trucks the bushings only allow you to lift it 1.5 inches before they cannot bring the alignment back in. I am going to assume it would be the same from dropping it down, I would not go over 1.5 inches.

Sep 20, 2018 | 05:40 PM

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are the same bushing for raising the vechile as for lowering

Sep 21, 2018 | 05:57 AM

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Yes. the bushing is just a eccentric where the upper balljoint mounts. Instead of having the hole for the upper balljoint machined into the suspension arm for a direct fit, the upper hole is oversized and the eccentric bushing fits in the hole and then the upper balljoint fits in the bushing. The alignment guy loosens all this up when he is aligning it, and spins the bushing around till it's correct. The programming in the alignment machine will usually tell him what degree of bushing he needs to install, they have different amounts of eccentricity. All this work is also why these trucks cost more to get aligned. A lot of poor shops won't even mess with this, and charge you just to set the toe.