Front End Question
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Front End Question
I got a 81 Ford Ranger F-100 and I just lowered the front. I took it to the alighnment shop and they said that they can't do anything to fix it that it does not have a place for camber bushings. They said if I get F-150 I-beams that it will except a camber bushing. They said that you might also bend the I-beams but I didn't think that would be a good idea. What can I do to get the tires from looking like this / \?
Mike
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From: Parkesburg PA
I think that the older 2x4's had king-pin axles. They should be forged, not stamped like the newer ones, and if they are you can have them bent to line everything up. Look for a shop that does big trucks. Big trucks have straight forged axles with king pins and aligning them is as low tech as bending them. I'd just make sure they've done it before.
You could also get junkyard axles from a later truck. My 83 f-100 had stamped axles with ball joints and camber bushings in them.
You could also get junkyard axles from a later truck. My 83 f-100 had stamped axles with ball joints and camber bushings in them.
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My '84 2wd did not have any room for camber bushings. I think into the 90s they had stamped axles in most.
btw, I'm guess you just cut your coils to lower your truck, right? To do it right, you should get drop I-beams.. they have the camber already corrected in them
btw, I'm guess you just cut your coils to lower your truck, right? To do it right, you should get drop I-beams.. they have the camber already corrected in them
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My 86 F350 (2WD) required the bending process like F100beatertruck suggests. Find a shop that has the equipment to do it without heating the parts (Which will weaken them). The guy I took mine to used a press and a special bridgework to bend them correctly (it actually took an extra day to do the work because he had to go dig the aparatus out of storage!). It does require some special skills that are not easily found, but the results for me were amazing. My 1-ton truck drives perfectly straight, and stops perfectly straight.
Right tool for the right job...
Dan
Right tool for the right job...
Dan
