, have them bent to work with 6" of lift.
bent/longer i-beams?
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bent/longer i-beams?
i got some new coils for my 67 f100 2wd, they lifted the front 4" but my tires are tilted in towards the truck at the front beucase of how long the new coils are. Do i need new I-beams? or do i need to bend them? im looking to do this the less costly way.
i posted this in a diff. section first of all, but i think this one is a bit more appropriate for my question.
i posted this in a diff. section first of all, but i think this one is a bit more appropriate for my question.
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New coils will change camber(top of wheel in/out).When camber changes,so does toe-in/out.The only way to correct camber on your truck (64 1/2-79 2 wd) is to bend the I-beams.It's no big deal,just make sure whoever does it for you DOES NOT HEAT them.
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The beams are cast, it'll mess em up pretty good. I did the same thing you did, the 4" spring lift. Instead of bending my I-beams, I made some drop brackets out of real heavy steel and dropped the I-beams to bring it all back inline. You're also prolly want to get a drop pitman arm.
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i called up a place, they said they can bend them. but i have to bring my whole truck in. i cant use axel drop brackets like i was told, since its a 2wd, i dont have a front axel. nick88f150 do you have a picture of your drop brackets on the truck?
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Stop! don't bend. Sounds like you got springs for a later truck. Later trucks newer than 69 the top spring perch is longer with the pocket higher up on the frame. The spring is longer and has more coils, count the turns. With everything correct it should take very few degrees of bend for the beams to correct camber. Find shop that knows and has the correct bender to bend them cold.
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Go for it and bend 'em 10* cold. Add your body weight in blocks, lead or anything on the drivers side floor board to get a accurate camber alignment, a full tank and normal "extra garbage weight".
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well i called up the only place around here that can bend them and asked how many degrees he can bend up to. he said 1-1.5. so that wont work, then i called a guy in california www.autofab.com and asked if i can send mine to him to bend them, he said yes, but $575 bucks to bend them. and i have to ship all the way there. is there an easier way to do this? i heard axel drops would do the trick, were do i get them?
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god.boots, I just go off the phone with More-Drop Axle in Oakland California, i'm in Alameda 1 1/2 miles away. They have been in business over 60 years. He said you can bend the axles hot and let "cool slowly" between the radius bolt and king pin, S area. You would need a steel jig table, rods thru the both holes to measure and maintain caster angle. Find out degrees needed on the truck in running condition for camber degree correction. Any minor camber corrections could be added later near the pivot eye. This sounds alot cheaper as anything special they will gouge you. Keep us posted.
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