messed up alignment
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messed up alignment
So lately i replaced the ball joints upper and lower plus tie rod ends when i put everything back together sat the truck on the ground notice my tires on both sides have a bad postive camber and i know have to bring it to a shop to get a alignment but is there any way i can try to fix the camber first?
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Drive it forward about 50 feet, and see if it's still that bad. If you've only got to drive it a mile or two to the alignment shop, don't worry about it, it just might make some funny noises till you get there, and steer funny, it won't appreciably hurt the tires.
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When I had the alignment done on my F150 a couple months back, after doing the ball joints and tie rods, my local shop charged me right around $100. *but* I didn't need any camber bushings, as my front end was close enough to align with the bushings that were in it. If they need to get camber bushings, it's probably going to be closer to $200
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No, its not. You unloaded the front suspension when you had it in the air to do the work. This is the nature of a TTB or Twin I-Beam front suspension, you *need* to drive the truck forward about fifty feet, and reload the suspension, before you start claiming the sky is falling. Move the truck forward, and then evaluate how bad the camber issue is. Even in the *best* case, the camber bushings only correct up to something like 3-4° of camber. If you drive the truck forward, and you still need more than that, you've got other issues.
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No, its not. You unloaded the front suspension when you had it in the air to do the work. This is the nature of a TTB or Twin I-Beam front suspension, you *need* to drive the truck forward about fifty feet, and reload the suspension, before you start claiming the sky is falling. Move the truck forward, and then evaluate how bad the camber issue is. Even in the *best* case, the camber bushings only correct up to something like 3-4° of camber. If you drive the truck forward, and you still need more than that, you've got other issues.
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