Front end questions

[DestructiveDesigns]

I have a 93 Ext cab with flipped and turned leaf springs in the back and I went to a custom shop in order to fix my front camber after my shop cut my front springs. I havent been able to find a camber kit or anything to fix my alignment. What can I do in order to fix this?? I am kind of on a budget right now so I'm tryin to avoid spending $300-$400 on Dream Beams. Somebody help me out please!!!!

 

[ILLEGALCONCEPTS]

Read this,

http://therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24

If you can't get it in spec with these you are screwed. How much did they cut and how low did it get you?

James

 

[krugford]

If that shop really cut your front springs AND didn't bother to do an alignment or do any research into how much you can drop before it can't be aligned, then I would stay as far away from them as I could. They obviously didn't do their research.

 

[DestructiveDesigns]

Hey guys they cut out like either 3 links or 3.5 links... It got the front end slammed down but now my tires are wearing like crazy and I cant get it aligned anywhere... I looked up the eccentric bushings that you told me about and I have seen a pic of them... How do I go about installing them??

 

[ILLEGALCONCEPTS]

I think they go in where the top of the spindle goes into the I-beam. For some reason my brain is fuzzy and I can't picture it.

If they cut that much out, good luck getting it aligned even with those eccentrics. That is WAY to much to cut out. Cutting coils is the worst way to lower a ride. If it must be done, it is suggested that only a 1/4 coild be cut at a time and then reinstalled up to a 1/2 coil being cut total. You change spring rate TOO much other wise.

James

 

[Wicked_Sludge]

the chamber bushings go into the end of the axle beam...and the top ball joint goes through the hole in the middle.

ive seen off-set ball joints for correcting extreme camber issues before, not sure where it was...

 

[doorgunner]

I just lowered my '89 ranger and needed some info. I didn't want to, but because of cost, I cut off 1/2 coil at a time on each coil spring til I got the look I wanted (I'm morphing my Ranger into a "36 Ford Ranger"). I cut a total of 2 coils off each spring. It lowered the front end 3". Everything looked real good til I drove it down the street--when I got back to the house, the front end had settled down, and the front tires were tilted in at the tops about an inch. I took a Johnson angle locator (from Home Depot) and checked the wheel lean---it was a NEGATIVE 3 degrees (the tops of the wheels leaned in toward the engine). I checked out the NAPA site and found some 3 degree positive camber bushings. I'm getting ready to install them. I'm not sure, but I think 4 degrees is the most you can change the camber without replacing major parts. If your wheels are leaning more than 1 & 1/4 inches from vertical (straight up), you've probably cut too much off the coils and need to buy some DROPPED spindle beams (and new coil springs) to get the same look without wearing out your tires or loosing control of the truck. There's a formula for figuring the angle change, but it's a lot easier to to use a $20 angle gage. (old post-new answer!)