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Old 03-30-2012, 10:51 PM
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Default Right front wheel is crooked, missing drop down bracket for my ibeams? CONFUSED!help!

k so im new to this guys and i really need some help, i have a prolblem with my right front wheel and axle. it rides crooked and wares the outside of my tire. it looks like i need i beam drop down brackets that dont look to be there. but its odd because the drivers side wheel rides normal. i have pics of this please let me know aanything you can , sorry i dont know too much more.

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Old 03-31-2012, 06:58 AM
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Get an alignment.
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Old 03-31-2012, 07:20 AM
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you most likely will need camber bushings. they can be had at NAPA for real cheap. Put them in, then get an alignment
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thanks for the response guys,
iv taken it to my mechanic before to have him look at it and he said right off the bat from looking at it that i needed an i beam drop down bracket, and i mentioned the cams , he said he could put in different cams but i wouldnt make a big difference.
said that it would only move by a quarter inch or so.

(for the record the angle my wheel sits at is more drastic than the picture makes it look)
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find a new mechanic! They make camber bushings that will literally move your will 6" in or out

If your springs are 6" lift springs, yes, you need axle pivot drop brackets.
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Old 03-31-2012, 10:53 AM
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you don't need drop down brackets. you need an alignment.
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mechanic sounds like he's trying to rip you off.
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find a new mechanic! They make camber bushings that will literally move your will 6" in or out

If your springs are 6" lift springs, yes, you need axle pivot drop brackets.
hmm ok
i know the coils are oversized, but i dont know if there 6in or what.

k ill look into cams, any suggestion for witch ones??



any idea why my right side rides normal?
could it be a bad cam making the left side tweaked?

i ask because it sounds like if the brackets were the problem then wouldnt both left and right sides sit wrong?

thanks for the help guys!
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Camber Bushing

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The bushings moves the upper ball joint in/out. So you are going to need something that will pull the ball joint in. I assume the tires are tipped out. So, dont get one with the hole in the center. And you probably wont need ones that are angled AND offset. Those are for EXTREME conditions
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Old 03-31-2012, 12:04 PM
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thank you good sir!
haha
ok so i looked into brackets and from the pictures of the angles on the brackets iv seen : Here
i looks like my right wheels axle (center picture) connects to the cross-member of my chassis by a bracket that sits on the upper/inside of the chassis. and im imagining haveing the bracket in the link there, and that it would fix the angle of the wheel like a charm. but then i think of the left wheel and its axle, its fine, will it be affected?
whata you think about that?
correct me if im wrong
and obviously the brackets are a butt load more pricey.
would a cam just be an all around fix so i dont even have to mess with the bracket?

thanks for your patients with me!
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Old 03-31-2012, 12:08 PM
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It makes no sense that some one would have installed only one drop bracket. So, installing a drop bracket to fix a camber problem is asinine. Buy the bushings, put them in and you will find your problems fixed. Trust me, I know the TTB/TIB like the back of my hand and could probably tear one out and re-install with my eyes closed and one arm tied behind my back!

Get like a 3 or 4 degree bushings. Do both sides. Do them yourself unless you want the alignment shop to rake you over the coals.
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Old 03-31-2012, 12:25 PM
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Default Re: Right front wheel is crooked, missing drop down bracket for my ibeams? CONFUSED!h

hell yea solid answer man i like that

thanks alot man im gona try it

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i found.. This will i need a pinch bolt and nut?
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