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RA Bushing Question , Does This Look Right ?

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Well I Have A Camber issue Ive Been Dealing With Since purchase In late 2003 , Before The Lift Coils I Had / That Camber , After Coils Now of Course Its Different .

But My Main Question Is , Does My passenger Side Radius Arm Look Off ,
Where It Actually Mounts The Arm Itself Has Looked That Way Since Purchase , Should I Do Something About That ? Can it Be A Problem ?

Thank You In Advance As I'm Not Sure , Here Is a Pic From The Rear View When I Was Doing Trans & Torque Converter Swap
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the holes that the arm studs goes through in the bracket may be rounded out

course, you may have the RA bushings that address caster alignment in their
 






The hex shape of the bushings makes me think they are the eccentric bushings, either that or they are just angled funny based on the position of the beams that can't be seen in the pic.

I would probably change out the bushings to regular Energy Suspension polyurethane bushings, and go from there on the alignment. The eccentric adjustable bushings are good if there are major alignment issues from body damage or something, but not the best idea if they aren't needed.
 






Well Thanks Guys , Looks Like I'm Going To Be Replacing A Bunch Of Suspension Parts , Unless i Find A Leaf Sprung D44 Or Something Similar
 






It appears to me that the RA bracket may have to be replaced, pull the bushings and if the hole is messed up it's because the bushings went bad and it will not ride like it should until the RA bracket is replaced.

Dealing with the same problem, except you can see where the washer type piece on the back on the passengers side RA has been hitting my frame. :(

Just one questions, I know your tranny is MIA but what is the chain for that I see above the passengers side frame rail?
 






Looks like you have adjustable radius arm bushings. Similar to(, or maybe even,) Moog K8746.

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The Chain you See, Is My Motor Mounts On Each Side , The Trans In Not MIA, That Pic is 3 Months Old , I Fixed My Trans In Northern Il And Drove To Middle Ga And Still Continue To Drive Everyday Almost , I Dont Think My Radius Arm Mount Is Bad , I Just Think I Need To Unbolt It and Check To See What Bushings I Have And What I Need
 












I'm A Fix it when it breaks kind of guy , Got That from my old Man RIP , But On Another Note My Trans Started Leaking Again From The Where The Motor and Trans Meet , I'm Thinking Its The Bushing That The Torque converter Rides In , And When My Tans See's A Load or Gets Warm It Starts to leak , Only Thing I Can Think of
 






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