reverse its negative an foreward its a little positive

[Destroyer000]

i just got done putting a 6inch lift in my explorer. i did 4inch coils up front with 7 washers under each coil. its the max you can go.. its bout about an inch of rake but its just about where i want it.. the ttb brackets i copied the ones on my ranger an built them so i have them in the bottom holes which are for 6inch .. when i had 4inch brackets in with 2 washers under the coils i had really bad positive camber.. well now after adding 7 washers an building some longer ttb brackets when you go in reverse you will have negative camber an when you pull forward it straighten back to where its supposed to be an you have a SLIGHT positive camber .. i DONT however have a drop pitman arm on at the moment.. would this cause this issue with the camber? with my black truck i had to run the 4inch ttb holes with the 6inch coils.. wounder if iam going to have to do this as well? i just ordered a drop arm an received it today so tomorrow iam hoping to get it on an get it aligned by noon...

what do you fellas think would cause this issue? ball joints are BRAND NEW tie rod ends are all good

 

[4x4junkie]

I hope that's the Skyjacker #FA600 pitman arm you ordered if you're running 6" brackets...

Yes you need a drop arm that has sufficient drop for your lift.
Bad toe alignment causes the suspension to jack/squat like you describe when you reverse directions. A mismatched pitman arm will cause the toe to change dramatically with suspension movement, exacerbating the issue.

 

[Destroyer000]

its actually a rough country pitman arm.. its IDENTICAL to the one in my black truck an my buddies who has a skyjacker arm.. once i put the arm on it seemed to help out the negative/ positive camber.. but now it still drives weird.. going down the rd its fine, but the slightest bump has you all over the road... i also noticed that when you go to make like a 3 point turn the tires churp a tad leading me to think the caster is really wacked.. its getting an alignment tomorrow.. so i guess all i can do is go from there. thanks junkie for helping me out with all my front end alignment questions!

 

[4x4junkie]

Rough Country (or anyone else for that matter) does not make an arm similar to the SJ #FA600 arm, and is why it's still handling weird. You need the FA600 arm.

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