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Originally posted by rcogs
I wasn't paying full attention when giving some info above. You guys have XLT's and/or 4wd. On a 2wd Sport, you don't have to reset the camber after the front is lowered and the leaf spring spacer blocks which come on it from the factory can be used as lowering blocks.

Please elaborate on this.
 






rcog, are you sure about not needing the camber adjusters? Everything I've ever read said you have to do it for the Sport too because when you lower it via the torsion bars it alters the steering geometry and the only way to fix it is with adjusters.
 






True, altering the height on any vehicle affects the steering geometry. And I read something similar to what you did about the Sport too, but I don't recall whether they were referring to both 4wd and 2wd(mines 2wd). I backed the bolts out of my adjusters all the way. Drove the truck about 50-60(?)miles, took it in to a Ford dealer and had all aspects of the front end checked. The mechanic could just look at my truck and know I'm way too picky so he wasn't about to pull anything over on me. He looked up the factory camber settings and mine was easily within the range(I stood there and watched him the whole time and I saw the readings). Though knowing that each of the same type of vehicle are not exact clones, other 2wd trucks may require the camber adjusters(maybe I was just lucky). So in my previous post I probably should have said that you >may< not have to reset your camber(if you have a 2wd Sport).
 






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