Front End Problem and headlight issue

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02-12-2012, 09:42 PM

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You have any lift on your truck??

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02-12-2012, 10:06 PM

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You have any lift on your truck??

no lift

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02-13-2012, 10:21 AM

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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.

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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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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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no lift

Well I'm stumped. Must mean the camber bolts on the LCAs are being adjusted to the position you stated (1 wheel forward one backward, kinda like the Hokey Pokey).

At some point you had aftermarket control arms and now you are back to stock?

Where is that picture of the front end?

Turning into a teeth pulling exercise.

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02-16-2012, 03:44 PM

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Here are the pictures. Not sure if they will help or not. Let me know if you want another angle.

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02-16-2012, 03:45 PM

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02-16-2012, 03:52 PM

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Look at the cam bolts on the lower control arms, at the axle, post pics of those.

If the axle isn't located properly under the truck, need to find out why. HAVE the control arms been changed?

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02-16-2012, 04:14 PM

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Look at the cam bolts on the lower control arms, at the axle, post pics of those.

If the axle isn't located properly under the truck, need to find out why. HAVE the control arms been changed?

I'm pretty sure they haven't. They certainly haven't while I've owned it the past 5 years.

I'll get those cam bolts uploaded in a minute. The ones that adjust the caster?

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