Camber/toe adjustmet after lifting


TexCaliBII

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Guys,
For those of you have looked at my prior posts about this skyjacker lift kit I installed may have noticed my relative ignorance on this. I have another question to help reduce that ignorance some more.

If I back up the tires look almost straight.:icon_confused: If I pull forward they go way out of whack with the top of the tires leaning out quite a bit. I do have a drop pitman arm coming and adjustable camber bushings but I don't quite understand why the tires are changing camber that much. The toe-in is just eyeballed right now. Can that cause this? I rechecked that everything was in correct/tight. I'm now wonderig if the springs are doing this:dunno: Any advice is greatly appreciated as there are no other guys with lifted BIIs around here I can check with.
 
Yes, your toe alignment is off.

When you drive in one direction, the tires trying to drive toward each other (bad toe) "pinches" the suspension, making it jack up like a scissors jack (causing pos. camber).
When you go the opposite way, the tires driving away from each other "spreads" the suspension, sucking it down (causing neg camber).

If you don't have a drop pitman arm on it (or the one you have is too short), this will only exacerbate the issue.
 
'Kay,
I was wondering. My camber bushings came in today but still waiting on the drop pitman arm. Thanks for entertaining my question and even more for the answer.
 

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