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Camber adjustment on '05 Ram?

Old Jun 1, 2010 | 12:10 PM
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I put some new wheels and tires on my '05 4x4 single cab this past weekend. I also crawled under and turned up the torsion bars to level the truck out a little bit. Now I have a positive camber issue (and probably some toe in). I plan on taking it in to get aligned, but I didn't see where the camber could be adjusted on my truck. Do I need to get some adjustable control arms or something?
 
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Old Jun 1, 2010 | 12:42 PM
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I looked at the rough country leveling kit for my truck, which is just some new torsion keys. I wonder how they sell any of those when you can adjust the stock keys up until the front is higher than the back. However in their instructions they make no mention of camber adjustment afterwards.
 
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Old Jun 1, 2010 | 01:27 PM
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I know where my uca bolts to the frame, it has elongated holes for the adjustment. Here's a quick pic.

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I hope you don't leave your truck turned up so much in the front that it's higher than the back. You'll probably be replacing some cv's real soon. If I'm not mistaken somewhere in the 1.5 - 2" range on the free lift is what I've been told is about your best bet before you start binding the cv's.
 
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Old Jun 1, 2010 | 02:17 PM
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excellent, thanks for the reply. I guess I just didn't see it in there. No I cranked mine all the way down in driveway and was very surprised when I crawled out from under the truck to see how high it was. I then lowered it to 7.75" from the tire to the fender. the back is 8.75".

I honestly have no idea what stock is, I'm guessing I raised it around 2 inches. I went to 305/55 R 20 Cooper LTZ tires this past weekend.

anyone know what the stock measurement is so I can check how much I actually lifted it?
 
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Old Jun 1, 2010 | 02:37 PM
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I had a caster/camber kit installed on my truck the other day. It goes where those holes are, until now none of the shops could get my truck aligned right with my 35's, now my truck is aligned nearly perfectly.
 
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