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Camber problem. Help!


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I noticed i had some negative camber a little while ago and couldn't figure out the problem since it was adjusted all the way positive. I had my truck in the shop on Monday to have some gears installed and while it was in there i had them take a look at it. they said it was bad inner tie rod ends and bearing hub. I tore it apart and found them to be bad so i spent the next day and a half making trips back and forth to Napa replacing both inners and one outer that was bad and the bad bearing hub. i took it in for an alignment when i was done. they said since my torsion bars were cranked they couldn't get rid of my camber issue. i took it home lowered the front via torsion twist and took it back just to have them tell me they still couldn't align it properly. what else could it be? i have a 4" Superlift and 3" body lift and am running 35's. heres a pic of how bad it is.
 


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BUMP!!...
No one has any ideas?
 

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Your suspension looks like it's sitting too low.

Are your torsion bars sagged out maybe? If you could raise the height up more, it'd probably would help your issue.
 

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The camber was like this before i lowered it by cranking the torsion bars. Anyone know the relative angle between the A-arms and the I-beam on stock rangers? I just want to get it back to stock and see if that helps. Maybe a pic of someones stock front end just like the pic i posted so i can see what it is supposed to look like.
 

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Can't you buy adjustable eccentrics for the upper a-arms? When I had mine aligned after I cranked the torsion bars, I bought the kits from NAPA in case we needed them.

Also, iirc, the SLA front end on the Rangers is a parallel arm set-up. The wheels will lean in on both compression and droop.
 

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I don't have a good pic, but I can tell you the CV shafts should have around a 10-15° downslope to them (toward the wheel) at static ride height on level ground (your's look like they might have 10-15° of UPslope).

I would say you have to come up a good 2-3" before you try aligning it.
 

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What are eccentrics and how much do adjustable ones cost?

So maybe i started out too low. ill give them a crank and see what happens. I am taking it in to an alignment specialist tomorrow since my local les schwab was no help. when i was talking to the shop on the phone they said i might have to have a "kit" installed, would they have been talking about adjustable eccentrics?
 

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I bet they were. I tried finding pics online of the kit but with no luck. I didn't need mine and didn't really look that closely at what was in the box. They were something like a long bolt, two thick washers with a square hole and an offset round hole, and a couple other small parts I don't remember. Make sure you have the truck at the height you want it before you have it aligned. Going up or down is going to change your camber.
 

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