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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 09:09 PM
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just replaced all ball joints uppers and lowers brand new. now heres the catch my jeep had no camber angles before i replaced the ball joints. now its cambered out \ / any ideas ? im running 5 inch lift stock steering on 31 inch tires wheeled quite often. possible bent axle tubes, wrong ball joints i dono im stumped
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 09:18 PM
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put a straight edge on the tube to see if its bent.
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 10:19 PM
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Get an alignment reading to see how many degrees you are off. Degree ball joints come in half degree increments and can be found at Fast Undercar.
There is no adjustment on solid axles and they are commonly not perfectly zero camber. Bigger tires adds to how much it is off.
I put a one degree ball joint on my left and a half degree ball joint on my right side. Now my tires are straight up and don't wear on the inside.
I got a lifetime alignment from Firestone.
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