2" Level 2WD Camber Adjust
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2" Level 2WD Camber Adjust
Forgive my ignorance, I have been scrolling through YouTube and various forums and was hoping to get a definite answer on the correct bushings to correct my positive camber. This is a result of the 2" leveling kit I put on the truck about a year ago. I was aware this would be a problem I needed to address but I have only now gotten around to it. I got the Complete Performance "puck" level, its a 2wd F-150 TIB on 31s (roughly speaking), and I was wondering if there is a go-to kit for this amount of leveling that I could use to correct the angle. I am not currently by the truck so I cannot recall exact tire size. I know Complete Performance has the disclaimer that there is no set angle but I was hoping to avoid the alignment shop and was wondering if there is a good way to know what to order/if there is a baseline/what other people have had work for them. Thanks in advance.
1996 F-150 2WD 2" Level on ~31" Wrangler A/Ts
1996 F-150 2WD 2" Level on ~31" Wrangler A/Ts
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The "go to kit" is the alignment shop
Those camber caster shims come in zero, 1/2 1 and 1.5 degree from Ford
I did alignments at a ford dealer for 20+ years
There is nothing I can tell you about what shim to use without first checking the camber and caster of your truck
That combined with tire size and a few other things will help me determine what cam (shim) you need
If you are jacked up with big tires you want that camber around +.5 degree
You jack one up, that camber goes to 3 or 4 degrees
You put the 1.5 in there in the negative direction and re measure the caster and camber
That is one thing you could do without the alignment man
Put the 1.5's in it and set the toe, find a camber gauge?
I have a hand held one from the 50's and 60's that I can make work on trucks
You can find those camber gauges on Ebay for 40 bucks at times
Those camber caster shims come in zero, 1/2 1 and 1.5 degree from Ford
I did alignments at a ford dealer for 20+ years
There is nothing I can tell you about what shim to use without first checking the camber and caster of your truck
That combined with tire size and a few other things will help me determine what cam (shim) you need
If you are jacked up with big tires you want that camber around +.5 degree
You jack one up, that camber goes to 3 or 4 degrees
You put the 1.5 in there in the negative direction and re measure the caster and camber
That is one thing you could do without the alignment man
Put the 1.5's in it and set the toe, find a camber gauge?
I have a hand held one from the 50's and 60's that I can make work on trucks
You can find those camber gauges on Ebay for 40 bucks at times
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Great info thank you. I’ll start with 1.5 as you said and I’ll see if I can find a gauge as well. I won’t be by the truck for at least another week so maybe some time to get parts going in advance. I’ll report back when I get going. Cheers.
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