my truck has very bad negative camber since i put axel drop brackets in, can the camber be roughly adjusted yourself or do i need to take it to a shop?
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1984 Ford f250, recent 7.3 swap, 4x4, 4 speed, 35"s, 5" stack , turned up fuel and advanced timing
1994 Ford f350, 7.3, 4x4, auto, crew cab long bed, strait piped.
We gotta hear some back-story first - why did you install drop brackets in the first place? Those are usually needed when you have lift springs, if you have add-a-leafs that usually don't warrant drop brackets but can instead be compensated for with camber/caster adjusters in the top ball joints. What springs do you have in the front of the truck, how bad was the positive camber before you install the drop brackets, and how big drop brackets did you install?
okay, well, i put 4" lift springs in the front and it had posative camber, got it adjusted as much as it could but still wore tires funny. installed 3" drop brackets and now have very bad negative camber
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1984 Ford f250, recent 7.3 swap, 4x4, 4 speed, 35"s, 5" stack , turned up fuel and advanced timing
1994 Ford f350, 7.3, 4x4, auto, crew cab long bed, strait piped.
4" lift springs and 3" drop brackets should make for wheels that sit like this \-o-/ which is positive camber - do your wheels sit like this /-o-\ instead?
okay, well, i put 4" lift springs in the front and it had posative camber, got it adjusted as much as it could but still wore tires funny. installed 3" drop brackets and now have very bad negative camber
So you adjusted out the positive camber you originally had, then put drop brackets in and suddenly had negative camber. Is that right?
Sounds to me like you dialed in all the negative camber you could to try to straighten the wheels out with just the springs in. I'd take it back to whatever shop did the original adjustment and have it done again.
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86 F250 Extended cab, 4x4, T-18/T-19, custom drive shafts. Time for axle upgrades.
okay, thats what i was gonna do. i just dont know how. i was hoping to save a few dollars by doin it on my own. how do you dial in the camber? or adjust it?
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1984 Ford f250, recent 7.3 swap, 4x4, 4 speed, 35"s, 5" stack , turned up fuel and advanced timing
1994 Ford f350, 7.3, 4x4, auto, crew cab long bed, strait piped.
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