Camber adjustment

[exotic_4x4]

hey guys, i just put in new upper and lower ball joints on my 2004 4x4, my tires are now leaning like this // \\ how do i adjust the camber on my truck so i can half assed straighten it out, i need to drive the truck and i cant get into the shops around here for another week! how do i correct it? any info would help

 

[michowski]

http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/Alignment.html

 

[Earl43P]

He's got a different animal from TTB.

Concentrate on the uppers.
Did you install adjustable camber bolt kits for the alignment tech to make adjustments? Or did you mis-reinstall the original (two per side) upper link bolts (to the frame brackets). Either way, THAT'S where you adjust the camber.

Throw a "torpedo" carpenter's level on the spindle flat to get them close to vertical with the lower A-arm on a jackstand (weight of the vehicle applied, but wheel off for access and level check and approximate = ride height). Take the nut off those mount bolts and adjust the camber pulling the bolt head and bracket out to realign and rotate. If you installed the camber bolt kits, it's easier to do than the original stock bolts, which must have been put back in wrong for it to be off that much.

Basically, turn the bolt heads and read the level.

If the bolt head turns, the camber changes, so hold it when reinstalling the nut, which needs to be gorilla-tight.

Then go get an alignment, ASAP.

 

[exotic_4x4]

they dont make just the balljoints i had to buy the control arms for the uppers with a pressed in balljoint, the bottom was just s regular balljoint, so your saying the the bolts that hold my a-arms to the frame are the ones i tighten or loosen for my camber? my kit just came with the new control arms and new lower balljoints, i re-used the oem hardware, are you talking about the tabs that are on the bolt and the control arm? because i set those back to where they were originally. i'll take a peek and see

 

[exotic_4x4]

so i found out my problem!! my neighbor has a collision shop he had the upper balljoints and control arm off a vehicle that was side swiped so i bought them from him, they were off a 01 ranger, turns out after takin them off they were shorter control arms thats why i wasnt able to align it! so problem solved 320$'s later for new arms FML! had the same part number and all, but 03-04 are the arms that ONLY fit on my rig

 

[Earl43P]

RockAuto is showing the same part # for 04 and 01.

example LH is K8708T RH is K8710T from Moog