Lower control arm camber bolts??

[Isk Stark]

Did the 2wd coil front have camber bolts on the lower control arms?

I'm not seeing any available through RockAuto. The only camber bolts are for the upper control arms. I have those, but cannot find any for the lower arms. That's why I'm wondering if the lower arms did come with camber bolts.

 

[RonD]

To adjust camber(or caster) you need to have a fixed reference point, in most suspensions that will be the lower A-frame/ball joint, so it shouldn't be adjustable or you will be chasing your tail

You only adjust the upper A-frame to set camber(or caster), based on lower ball joints fixed position
So just the upper arm needs the adjustable bolts/cams, or shims

 

[Isk Stark]

To adjust camber(or caster) you need to have a fixed reference point, in most suspensions that will be the lower A-frame/ball joint, so it shouldn't be adjustable or you will be chasing your tail

You only adjust the upper A-frame to set camber(or caster), based on lower ball joints fixed position
So just the upper arm needs the adjustable bolts/cams, or shims

That's what I thought, but the guys at the shop were confused because the lower arms didn't have camber bolts.

 

[RonD]

Well you could have camber bolts on the lower control arm but then you wouldn't have any on the upper control arm

You have to have a fixed point or there is no reference point for "in" or "out"

 

[Isk Stark]

Well you could have camber bolts on the lower control arm but then you wouldn't have any on the upper control arm

You have to have a fixed point or there is no reference point for "in" or "out"

I've got them on my upper arm, and since my truck is lowered 5" even if the lower arms had camber bolts, they would be out of spec anyway, so he said I did good by just replacing the lower arm bolts with regular 5/8" bolts.

I'm more worried about toe than camber. In my experience toe chews up tires way faster than camber.

 

[RonD]

That would be true
Camber being off would mean the weight of the vehicle is not on the center line of the tire, it's more on the inner or outer side, if you spread a weight of 1,000lbs over 6" there would be less wear overall than spreading it out over 3"

Toe in, or out, means the two tires are resisting each other, so much higher wear, and rolling resistance