Alignment Solutions

[410Fortune]

Hey! Just wanted to share some stuff I found out with you guys. Here's the deal:

I have a Duff 3" lift, drop brackets for the beams, coils, and shocks. I recently installed the F-250 spring seats from Ford which lifted me another 1-5/8" up front. I also installed some Skyjacker radius arms. So after all this I took her in for the alignment and they installed some 2 degree shims, brought it real close to correct but I was left with some + camber. The + camber is wearing out the outter edges of my tires big time.

So I start looking for solutions. Apparently the largest shim available for the D35 (92 X) TTB is 2.25 degrees which wouldnt be enough to fix the + camber.

I heard some rumors of a 3.5 degree shim made by Superlift, that turns out to be false, Superlift offers 2.25 max.

Since I am running approx 5" of lift with only 3"drop brackets I am right on the edge, meaning I could either drop the lift down a littlewith smaller coil spacers, or install 4-5" drop brackets for the axle beams. NO way. I want the lift the way it is for a reason, I got the strong Duff brackets, the Skyjacker arms, and the 3"coils. So I start looking into other options.

Bent beams would fix me up perfect, however thats a little pricey and will come down the road. I did a little research and found that indeed somebody out there does make 2.75 degree shims for the D35 front end....

Perfect! + camber is gone.

So maybe this will help some people with similar problems.........

 

[Monty'01]

Which company makes the shims?

 

[88vert]

I got mine through Napa

 

[punkbek3886]

if my tires are already slightly like this / \ if i get the f150 coil seats will i still need to correct positive camber, or will it come out pretty close to perfect? in other words, by how many degrees will it affect my camber?

 

[410Fortune]

Without hooking the truck up to an alignment machine there is no real way to get it perfect. It vary's from truck to truck, sagging coils, additional weight, miles, tires, etc....all effect the camber, caster, and toe in so it is impossible to tell you exactly what shim you will need with the F-150 spring seats.

My truck went from 2.25 to a 2.75 shim and I still have 1.15 degree of + camber so I could probably use the 3 degree shims made by Moog instead of my 2.75's that are in there now.... Remember I also have a BII with a dana 35, Duff 3" lift and Skyjacker radius arms so it;s not good to compare to...

 

[punkbek3886]

ok thanx