Loanranger
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Ok, so it's a newb question, but I figured I'd get some insight here before I get started. This is on my Dads 88 reg cab longbed, D28 front axle. We added 1 inch of spacers under the springs. The original camber/caster bushings are 1.0 degree on both sides. From using an angle finder, it looks as though the drivers side is positive now by 1.0 degree, and the passenger is positive by 1.25-1.5 degrees (hard to tell with the angle finder, but it's right in that area, just off of 1 degree, so probably more like 1.25 degree.) The passenger side bushing also has some caster built into it, meaning the hole is offset not only in (for camber) but back for caster. The drivers side is only in, not back. Now the bushings that are in it are the stock bushings, with only a notch on either side for the beam tabs. From looking at the passenger side bushing, it appears (by eyeballing it) that the caster angle is the same as the camber angle. So basically the bushing is for 1.0 degree camber AND 1.0 degree caster, while the drivers side is 1.0 degree camber, and 0 degree caster. The truck drives straight down the road, and is only driven to the trail, and on trails, nothing else. So basically, I'm looking to leave the caster where it's at, and work on the camber only at this time. So the drivers side is easy, just throw a 2.25 degree bushing in, and it should be at 0 degree (neither positive or negative) While the passenger side has got me thinking. If I'm trying to correct for 1.0 degree of positive camber, and keep the 1.0 degree that is already in the caster, then I would need a 3 degree bushing correct? Or is it not going to be that easy?
Btw, I am not saying that there is a 1.0 degree cross caster difference, only that the passenger side needs the 1.0 degree backwards (at the top) angle to make the two sides even, or in spec.
For my next question, my buddy Nate let me bring home a box of various used bushings, and after looking through them all, I thought I had found a couple that would work, but after pulling the passenger side bushing, I found that the ones I thought would work were not quite right. They seem to have a little slop when in the beam, and also some slop around the balljoint. Two of them are Ingalls 432, which I thought were the ones that I bought for my ranger, also a D28, but they have slop. So are these the right bushings, and they just need to be torqued down to get rid of the slop, or are they for maybe a D35 or other?
Sorry for the long winded questions, and thanks to anyone that can help.
Btw, I am not saying that there is a 1.0 degree cross caster difference, only that the passenger side needs the 1.0 degree backwards (at the top) angle to make the two sides even, or in spec.
For my next question, my buddy Nate let me bring home a box of various used bushings, and after looking through them all, I thought I had found a couple that would work, but after pulling the passenger side bushing, I found that the ones I thought would work were not quite right. They seem to have a little slop when in the beam, and also some slop around the balljoint. Two of them are Ingalls 432, which I thought were the ones that I bought for my ranger, also a D28, but they have slop. So are these the right bushings, and they just need to be torqued down to get rid of the slop, or are they for maybe a D35 or other?
Sorry for the long winded questions, and thanks to anyone that can help.