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Old 01-26-2009, 01:44 AM
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i need to do an alignment on my car and, judging by tire wear, my camber is way off. does anyone know how to adjust it? i mean how do i physically adjust it. not how to use the tool. on my 1500 you turned the upper control arm bolts but idk where to do it on my t/a

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The lower control arms are retained to the frame (k-member) by 2 rather large bolts. These bolts pass through "slots" that allow for movement to adjust caster and camber.
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Originally Posted by leadfoot4
The lower control arms are retained to the frame (k-member) by 2 rather large bolts. These bolts pass through "slots" that allow for movement to adjust caster and camber.

correct, the one on front (the one in center) moves the camber, no special tool need, loose the bolt slide the lower control arm in to add camber, slide out to neg camber , when you change camber you will make a great amount of change in toe setting , any toe mis setting will cause a great amount of wear, you should get car on a align machine and get a complete alignment cost 50-80.00 in my neck of the woods

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i recommend taking it to a place like brake check and paying for a lifetime alignment, thats what i did, now i never have to pay again, and i can go back as many times as i want.
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well i can do alignments. its just a pain in the *** to fine a machine they will let me use. ill probably go up to my old high school this week
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The back mount is the one that adjusts camber. The one that bolts horizonal. At least thats the one I used to adjust mine
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No.

Front is camber, rear is caster---thought there is some overlap (a camber change gets you some caster change and vice-versa).
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