couple questions
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couple questions
i just replaced my tierods (both sides) and my drag link, and now my camber is WAY OFF... LIKE 60+... and i have a 40km hwy drvie to town so i do not want to drive that far at that speed with that much camber... other then removing my tierods completely i was wondering if there is another adjustment i can do to decrease the camber to a reasonable degree that i can drive her to town and have an aligntment done?
i was thinking about the little expansion coupler inbetween the tierod and the drag link... do i just spin it a few times?
another quick question is about my u joints... while i was under there i gave my drive shaft a quick wiggle and had probably about 3/8" rotation on axis movement... is there supposed to be any movement at all or is this within an acceptable range?
Thanks alot for any help...
i was thinking about the little expansion coupler inbetween the tierod and the drag link... do i just spin it a few times?
another quick question is about my u joints... while i was under there i gave my drive shaft a quick wiggle and had probably about 3/8" rotation on axis movement... is there supposed to be any movement at all or is this within an acceptable range?
Thanks alot for any help...
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From: USCGC Never Home
I think that you mean toe on the front tires. Changing tie rods wont affect the camber at all. If you are looking at the truck front the and the camber is way out the tires will look like /---\ or l---/ or something like that. You can set the toe in your self with 2 strait edges and a tape measure. Put the strait edges across the tires as high as you can and still get a measurement under the truck. Then just spin the adjustment thingys on the tie rods until you have an equal length between the front and rear of the tires, I think the proper is 1/8th an inch wider in the back, but im not 100% sure on that. Make sure the truck is in nuturel when you are checkin the U joints, if it is park is is possible that they will be under a load and you will never know they are bad. Is that 3/8ths inch rotation inbetween the drive shaft and the yokes? Or is the yoke turning at the same time before it stops? That could just be slop in you rear/front diff.
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when i jack up my truck,standing back from the front bumper the tires look like \---/ and fairly close to that angle to ironicly... i know there is suppose to be some angle but like i said that looks way to intense... and i will have to recheck my driveshaft to provide a better description
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Camber is adjusted with shims in the ball joints, but bad ball joints can cause camber problems as well. You can set the toe angle of the front end after the tie rod replacement by measure as discribed above to get fairly close to alignment.
The way you discribe it the tops of your tires sit wider than the bottom of the tires? Sometimes my front end does that after a tire change or brake work that i have to move the truck some to get the suspension to settle back down to the normal riding position. As for the Driveshaft, it should be fairly tight, meaning you shouldnt have play in the u-joint between movement of the driveshaft and the movement of the yoke. If there is movement you should replace the U-joint(s) that have play in them. Significant play could lead to a self desturcting ujoint that can damage alot of parts under the truck when the driveshaft goes flying around.
The way you discribe it the tops of your tires sit wider than the bottom of the tires? Sometimes my front end does that after a tire change or brake work that i have to move the truck some to get the suspension to settle back down to the normal riding position. As for the Driveshaft, it should be fairly tight, meaning you shouldnt have play in the u-joint between movement of the driveshaft and the movement of the yoke. If there is movement you should replace the U-joint(s) that have play in them. Significant play could lead to a self desturcting ujoint that can damage alot of parts under the truck when the driveshaft goes flying around.
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well if the truck is jacked up and none of the weight is on the suspension its gonna be at its max droop limit.... basically the suspension its gonna be as low as it can get. which will throw the camber off the way you describe it. you need to have the weight on the suspension or tires and it should be back to normal
