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Tiger Joe 07-15-2019 09:34 AM

alignment help- camber
 
ok guys i'm a bit puzzled here.

i threw our 79 C30 on my alignment machine yesterday, and I've got everything in spec except for passenger side camber.

my hunter alignment machine is showing .74 degrees positive camber, and indicating its "in the red" and I need to remove shims. my issue is there are no shims to remove on that upper control arm.

everything on the front suspension is brand new when we restored the truck. i mean literally everything- upper and lower control arms, new coil springs, all new tie rods.

i know MOOG makes "problem solver" shafts, but arent those for the opposite problem? too add camber, not to remove it

SCOTI 07-15-2019 10:32 AM

Re: alignment help- camber
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Tiger Joe (Post 8558878)
ok guys i'm a bit puzzled here.

i threw our 79 C30 on my alignment machine yesterday, and I've got everything in spec except for passenger side camber.

my hunter alignment machine is showing .74 degrees positive camber, and indicating its "in the red" and I need to remove shims. my issue is there are no shims to remove on that upper control arm.

everything on the front suspension is brand new when we restored the truck. i mean literally everything- upper and lower control arms, new coil springs, all new tie rods.

i know MOOG makes "problem solver" shafts, but arent those for the opposite problem? too add camber, not to remove it

I would target zero vs. any POS camber. It will help w/the turning push in these big things. My dually (w/fresh @ the time Moog parts) was set-up @ -.5 camber w/o issue.

Tiger Joe 07-16-2019 07:49 AM

Re: alignment help- camber
 
right, thats my issue. I cant remove any more shims, so how can I reduce camber anymore?

cadillac_al 07-16-2019 08:49 AM

Re: alignment help- camber
 
Anything out of place on the lower control arm? Are those bushings new too? You're probably seeing factory tolerance variances and yours probably just barely made the grade.

SCOTI 07-16-2019 10:09 AM

Re: alignment help- camber
 
Get us pics of both sides. Maybe something is out of place??


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