eightynine4x4
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- Location
- New York
- Vehicle Year
- 1989
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger
- Engine Type
- 2.9 V6
- Transmission
- Automatic
- 2WD / 4WD
- 4WD
- Total Lift
- 2.5" Suspension
- Tire Size
- 31 x 10.5 x 15
1989 4x4 2.9L automatic w Rancho lift
So after I replaced my busted passenger side axle drop bracket that’s part of the lift kit, I took my truck to a cheap spot down the road just to get a basic computer alignment. After installing the new drop bracket the wheel was quite off, as you’d expect, since the truck had been aligned to a half broken drop bracket in the past.
This alignment was in April. Seemed ok after, it drove straight and nothing looked out of sorts underneath. I didn’t ask questions.
After a few hundred miles the passenger wheel has been looking pretty off camber, it’s leaning inward.. top of wheel is closer to truck and bottom is further. It seems like this has slowly developed. I thought I was imagining things but sure enough someone on the road shouted a heads up about it and I pulled over and noticed it had gotten worse.
So as a customer I took the truck back to the cheap shop and fully explained the situation. My main concern was that someone hadn’t tightened back up the camber adjustment and it was gradually sliding out.
They had all new staff by this point. The turnover rate there is nuts. Anyways the new guy who “correctively” aligned it this time was very young and the camber wasn’t addressed at all. Naturally afterwards I asked if they did camber and they said they only adjusted the toe because “there is no camber adjustment in your aftermarket suspension” which was surprising to hear.
So I’m kind of at square one figuring out what is what.
The brand new aftermarket drop bracket has a pivot bolt (or whatever you call them) that are definitely a WAY to adjust camber. They’re located in middle area of the truck, not by the wheels. I had always figured these were kind of a “user camber” thing for quick customizing of camber on the fly without losing your base alignment. The old Rancho drop bracket doesn’t even have this camber pivot bolt, so there has to still be a way to adjust camber, no?
I have my user camber bolt dead center, I installed following instructions. And it hasn’t budged at all, it’s still perfectly centered. And I’m positive the wheel was not this off camber when I had it aligned at the same shop 3 months ago.
Im not well versed in suspension components yet. Can anyone tell from these pics what I should be looking for in order to determine if my truck is somehow missing camber adjustment points? These pics are all of the passenger wheel..
So after I replaced my busted passenger side axle drop bracket that’s part of the lift kit, I took my truck to a cheap spot down the road just to get a basic computer alignment. After installing the new drop bracket the wheel was quite off, as you’d expect, since the truck had been aligned to a half broken drop bracket in the past.
This alignment was in April. Seemed ok after, it drove straight and nothing looked out of sorts underneath. I didn’t ask questions.
After a few hundred miles the passenger wheel has been looking pretty off camber, it’s leaning inward.. top of wheel is closer to truck and bottom is further. It seems like this has slowly developed. I thought I was imagining things but sure enough someone on the road shouted a heads up about it and I pulled over and noticed it had gotten worse.
So as a customer I took the truck back to the cheap shop and fully explained the situation. My main concern was that someone hadn’t tightened back up the camber adjustment and it was gradually sliding out.
They had all new staff by this point. The turnover rate there is nuts. Anyways the new guy who “correctively” aligned it this time was very young and the camber wasn’t addressed at all. Naturally afterwards I asked if they did camber and they said they only adjusted the toe because “there is no camber adjustment in your aftermarket suspension” which was surprising to hear.
So I’m kind of at square one figuring out what is what.
The brand new aftermarket drop bracket has a pivot bolt (or whatever you call them) that are definitely a WAY to adjust camber. They’re located in middle area of the truck, not by the wheels. I had always figured these were kind of a “user camber” thing for quick customizing of camber on the fly without losing your base alignment. The old Rancho drop bracket doesn’t even have this camber pivot bolt, so there has to still be a way to adjust camber, no?
I have my user camber bolt dead center, I installed following instructions. And it hasn’t budged at all, it’s still perfectly centered. And I’m positive the wheel was not this off camber when I had it aligned at the same shop 3 months ago.
Im not well versed in suspension components yet. Can anyone tell from these pics what I should be looking for in order to determine if my truck is somehow missing camber adjustment points? These pics are all of the passenger wheel..