facelessnumber
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- Joined
- Mar 21, 2013
- Posts
- 53
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- Location
- Memphis, TN
- First Name
- Drew
- Truck Year
- 1987
- Truck Model
- Suburban
- Engine Size
- 350
My truck's front wheels have enough negative camber to make a winged and fart-piped Civic driver proud. I thought this was due to horribly worn out ball joints, but it's not. (The reason it drove like it had horribly worn out ball joints turned out to be the right upper control arm was barely bolted on.)
I fixed everything I could find on the front end that needed attention, it drives nice now. Every bushing I saw looks acceptable. The alignment seems ok (although obviously it can't be) but the front wheels are still tilted noticeably in at the top.
What can cause this? What has someone done to this truck that I need to undo? I looked at the springs, they don't appear to have been cut. If it's been lowered somehow it wasn't much. It seems like the LCA's would need to come inward like an inch for this to be fixed. Is there even that much adjustment in those? The uppers could be shimmed out I guess, but it would take a lot.
Any guidance would be appreciated. This LOOKS to me like more than they can correct with a simple alignment at a shop, but I could be wrong.
I fixed everything I could find on the front end that needed attention, it drives nice now. Every bushing I saw looks acceptable. The alignment seems ok (although obviously it can't be) but the front wheels are still tilted noticeably in at the top.
What can cause this? What has someone done to this truck that I need to undo? I looked at the springs, they don't appear to have been cut. If it's been lowered somehow it wasn't much. It seems like the LCA's would need to come inward like an inch for this to be fixed. Is there even that much adjustment in those? The uppers could be shimmed out I guess, but it would take a lot.
Any guidance would be appreciated. This LOOKS to me like more than they can correct with a simple alignment at a shop, but I could be wrong.
