Alignment help
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From: Southington Ct
Alignment help
I replaced the king pins in my 79 F100 2WD . Had an auto machine shop press the old ones out then he honed and pressed in new ones. Put evertything back together and the wheels arent straight up and down . Since theres no camber adjustment whats the best way to adjust these. Some one told me to cut the coil springs ???
Laughing Gas
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There are not too many shops out there that have experience on these old trucks. They use to bend the I beams to get the wheels to stand straight up and down. Most shops now can only do a toe adjustment on this style front end. If you can find an older Ford garage they may be able to help you out, cutting the spring is NOT an option.
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randrford
You need to move your truck forward ,and backward after having it jacked up !
Sometimes after jacking the truck up members forget that it will need to more some before the tires can settle back out staight !
The truck should still be sitting the same ,as before the repair was done .
Wally Womack
You need to move your truck forward ,and backward after having it jacked up !
Sometimes after jacking the truck up members forget that it will need to more some before the tires can settle back out staight !
The truck should still be sitting the same ,as before the repair was done .
Wally Womack
Last edited by Pro-Street/StateTK; Apr 2, 2010 at 07:13 PM. Reason: adding info
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Also, excessive toe-in will cause the tires to bow in at the bottom when the truck is moved forward, and bow out when backing up. Excessive toe-out will cause the opposite. Put your truck on level ground and move the truck about 20 feet in a straight line, forward and reverse. Repeat several times. Have someone else watch the tires. If the lean changes from forward to reverse, it's a TOE problem. You can't check camber until you set the toe first.
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alignment
I replaced the king pins in my 79 F100 2WD . Had an auto machine shop press the old ones out then he honed and pressed in new ones. Put evertything back together and the wheels arent straight up and down . Since theres no camber adjustment whats the best way to adjust these. Some one told me to cut the coil springs ???
