Can camber UNcamber?

[ld50]

I`m confused, my driver`s side camber seems to be out, but it has progressed slowly for many months.
I don`t have left side lean, when I measure things, the wheel wells on each side are dead even. It`s starting to go like this: loo\

I first noticed it a couple months ago, maybe it is that spring sagging a bit and the angle of the tire is keeping that side from being lower?

Or can the camber adjustment move? (I don`t know much about this adjustment system)

Everything is tight, the spindle nut isn`t loose, the tires are on there tight, it doesn`t move if I shake it around, I haven`t really been beating on it and don`t see how anything could be bent.

It`s so confusing.. I was thinking of swapping my coils from side to side, but the fact that my truck is not leaning blows my mind!

-thanks

 

[MrShorty]

Your '93 is almost certainly like my '92. When I did my ball joints this month, I learned that, if the pinch bolt on the upper ball joint is loose, that could allow the alignment bushing on the upper ball joint to rotate around. I suppose it's also possible that the ball joints themselves are shot.

 

[AlaskanJack]

Measure the coils and comopare them from side to side. I suspect that you either have a saggin coil or as my shorty says somehow the pinch bolt has loosened.

I have noticed that my camber seems to be fine one day and then off the next. I think that with the TTB flex as it does the camber is always kind of shifting.

When this happened to me I first had lost an inner bearing but the tire felt tight. I also developed a crack in my radius arm which allowed the tires camber to lean out as you say yours is.

That's all I've got.

 

[ld50]

or as my shorty says somehow the pinch bolt has loosened.

he he, you said "my shorty"


Well I dunno, definitely no bent stuff there that I can see, no cracks or loose stuff. I look at it on the shop floor at work which is very level.

I think I may have to get it to an alignment shop and let them work their magic, my toe adjustment seems out as well, so I better buck up to save my tire wear.

thanks for replies...

 

[X-1]

Sounds like the camber bushing has turned, that would cause both camber, and toe adjustment to be off. I had a similar aggravation with aftermarket bushings, they just wouldn't hold in place with out over tightening the pinch bolt. After you have it aligned, put a mark in the bushing that you can visually check once in a while.

 

[ld50]

good idea x-1 i`ll do that