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Old 02-12-2012, 12:31 AM
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Good! I was hoping so...otherwise it would be fubar!
 
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I've found a few full assemblies on the internet. How likely is it that these are straight? Is it easy to bend the tubes and axles? I've never off-roaded hard or banged it that I remember. Also, is it possible to just change the tubes and axles with the differential still on the truck? I'll just need new seals right?

If you pulled the axles and tubes off differential, there would be nothing holding the differential. It would be easier to just swap them out - except for changing to you gears you added.

If it is pulling to the right, the alignment should have showed something. Might want to measure to make sure axles are parallel.
 
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Post your specs as well.
 
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Post your specs as well.
The camber I believe is like -2.0 on both sides. I don't remember what the caster is actually. I know it's a good bit off. The right wheel is too far back and the left is too far forward.
 
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The camber I believe is like -2.0 on both sides. I don't remember what the caster is actually. I know it's a good bit off. The right wheel is too far back and the left is too far forward.
Agood alignment shop should be able to fix most of that. Camber is only adjustable with balljoints, caster is adjustable at the lower control arms. If both sides are not adjusted the same for caster, it introduces a 'twist' to the axle, and all sorts of interesting problems can crop up.
 

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Originally Posted by HeyYou
Agood alignment shop should be able to fix most of that. Camber is only adjustable with balljoints, caster is adjustable at the lower control arms. If both sides are not adjusted the same for caster, it introduces a 'twist' to the axle, and all sorts of interesting problems can crop up.


You have aftermarket control arms???
 
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Not me. There are cam bolts on the lower control arms that adjust caster.
 
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Not me. There are cam bolts on the lower control arms that adjust caster.
Yeah...you really think I'd be asking YOU that? Your caster can be off sometimes though just like the rest of us.
 
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Yeah...you really think I'd be asking YOU that? Your caster can be off sometimes though just like the rest of us.
Whaddaya saying there bubba?
 
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You have aftermarket control arms???
I don't have them on my truck. I know the caster is adjustable. What I'm saying is that it is adjusted as far as it will go toward where it needs to be, but it's still way out. I didn't think camber was adjustable without adjustable ball joints. The ball joints are 3 months old. It fixed a lot of the camber problem, but it's still there. It was AWFUL before.
 


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