Help me please!!!!!!

[JJtheJet43]

Hey folks, i have a 1990 ford ranger xlt. I currently have a 2-3" lift on it. I am having problems with the alignment on it. I have been told its the ball joins, i have been told that there is nothing I can do to adjust it with out drop ibeams and the hole shabang. I am pulling my hair out over this. What could possibly be the problem? Could it be my cams? ball joins? or something totally different? Any and every piece of information to helping me get past this hurdle will be much appreciated. Thank you.

 

[4x4junkie]

Hey folks, i have a 1990 ford ranger xlt. I currently have a 2-3" lift on it. I am having problems with the alignment on it. I have been told its the ball joins, i have been told that there is nothing I can do to adjust it with out drop ibeams and the hole shabang. I am pulling my hair out over this. What could possibly be the problem? Could it be my cams? ball joins? or something totally different? Any and every piece of information to helping me get past this hurdle will be much appreciated. Thank you.

Did you mean axle drop brackets?
If you don't have drop brackets on it (or a complete lift kit), then the max lift you can go is typically 2" while still having enough range on your alignment adjusters to realign it properly. If you're at 3" then whoever told you that is 100% correct. Your lift springs or lift spacers are too big to use with stock brackets.

 

[JJtheJet43]

Did you mean axle drop brackets?
If you don't have drop brackets on it (or a complete lift kit), then the max lift you can go is typically 2" while still having enough range on your alignment adjusters to realign it properly. If you're at 3" then whoever told you that is 100% correct. Your lift springs or lift spacers are too big to use with stock brackets.

i did mean drop brackets and it could be a 2" spacer but also hs a piece that goes up. i was wondering if having adjusting cam bushings would adjust the problem of my tires point out at the top like this \\ //

 

[JJtheJet43]

how do you even measure the blocks? I am green when it comes to suspension

 

[4x4junkie]

A 2" thick spring spacer will yield 3" of lift on the TTB suspension (this because the suspension beams works like levers). For a 2" lift, you'd need a 1.33" thick spacer.

As for the alignment bushings, I would assume your alignment place already tried to put in the largest ones available. If not, then maybe there's some hope still, however at 3" lift, I still wouldn't be confident on it (in any case, if they never bothered to change the bushings, I'd look for another alignment shop. Seems quite a large number of shops are not well-versed when it comes to these suspensions. A 4x4 shop that regularly deals with modified suspensions would likely be your best bet).