rangerbum
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- Location
- Kalispell, Montana
- Vehicle Year
- 85
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 2.8l
- Transmission
- Manual
I finally finished my D35/8.8 swap from an explorer into my BII. The explorer was all original and saggy, the BII lifted around 4".
I took it to a locally owned shop this morning(guy supposedly with a lot of Ttb experience) to get an alignment. He took a look and said I need drop brackets because using camber bushings more than 1.5º causes the axleshafts to bind. I didn't feel like arguing so I just went to a less local shop.
At the bigger name shop they said that "Though they do make 3º and 4º bushings, they aren't allowed to install more than 2¼º ones because the ball joints can't handle it."
Long story short, my front end looked like \ / and that clearly doesn't work well. I'm over budget already, so can't get brackets. I Jacked it up, loosened the pinch bolts, and rotated the stock bushings to correct the camber and caster as much as possible. It drives great, is aligned
better than it was with the old axle, and the camber looks perfect. Steering return to center is weak though due to the caster.
Anyway, has anyone had issues like those mentioned above? Does anyone run the 4º successfully? I haven't heard any horror stories. Are these guys just trying to avoid "The big scary Ford alignment?"
I took it to a locally owned shop this morning(guy supposedly with a lot of Ttb experience) to get an alignment. He took a look and said I need drop brackets because using camber bushings more than 1.5º causes the axleshafts to bind. I didn't feel like arguing so I just went to a less local shop.
At the bigger name shop they said that "Though they do make 3º and 4º bushings, they aren't allowed to install more than 2¼º ones because the ball joints can't handle it."
Long story short, my front end looked like \ / and that clearly doesn't work well. I'm over budget already, so can't get brackets. I Jacked it up, loosened the pinch bolts, and rotated the stock bushings to correct the camber and caster as much as possible. It drives great, is aligned
better than it was with the old axle, and the camber looks perfect. Steering return to center is weak though due to the caster.
Anyway, has anyone had issues like those mentioned above? Does anyone run the 4º successfully? I haven't heard any horror stories. Are these guys just trying to avoid "The big scary Ford alignment?"