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Camber alignment - what should it be
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landshark
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 Camber alignment - what should it be I am slowly dialing in the camber on my 69 bronco and have the spindle shims to do some adjusting. before I took it in for alignment and already knowing the driver side front was out over 1 degree positive I installed that one spindle shim. The reason I know its out of camber is every tire I put on that front left (driver side) the outside edge of the tread wears faster that the rest. Regardless of axle straightness and in light of my upcoming trip I am thinking I can remove 1 degree + from the front driver and .5 degrees negative out of the passenger side to get somewhere in the ballpark for even wear. Bronco currently drives great - even with the uneven tire wear before I stuck the camber shim in. Am I thinking about this correctly? I have read .5 degree positive camber is good on Broncos with D44, 3.5" lift and running 35" BFG's - however i wasn't sure that was total or each side? So to recap - before alignment I installed spindle shim on driver side knowing there was too much positve camber. Did nothing on the passenger side. Results are below. 
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| Thu May 07, 2015 2:23 pm |
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Viperwolf1
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Re: Camber alignment - what should it be How many degrees was the shim and did you get alignment numbers before the shim was put in?
You can rotate the shim to get less camber offset but then will need to correct the toe-in.
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landshark
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Re: Camber alignment - what should it be
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Digger
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Re: Camber alignment - what should it be
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landshark
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Re: Camber alignment - what should it be Doesn't pull at all. I have some other readouts will look and see if they included
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| Thu May 07, 2015 9:49 pm |
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Digger
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Re: Camber alignment - what should it be
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Cummins R2.8 diesel, ZF5, AtlasII, HP44/BB9, ARBs, coiled / linked suspension, 37" KO2s, full cage, bumpers, etc.
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Average 23.5 mpg, Best tank: 25.1 mpg
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landshark
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Re: Camber alignment - what should it be So my driver side ball joint isn't doing so well. I've always had issues trying to get the upper joint into spec. I'm going to try and replace the upper and lower n the driver side before I leave. Might be able to squeeze in a few hours to install. Might have to drive with it as is. Not sure yet. Will tweak the passenger camber Sunday.
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| Fri May 08, 2015 9:48 pm |
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landshark
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Re: Camber alignment - what should it be Well both ball joints on the driver side were completely destroyed - replaced them today and will take it in on Tue to get realigned and hopefully my camber is close ;)
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Kinder
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Re: Camber alignment - what should it be Did you check the passenger side?
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landshark
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Re: Camber alignment - what should it be Yup. All good. I had issues on the driver before could never get the torque specs right. New ball joints went together well and torqued good. Maybe better brand never used moogs. Had spicers before
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