Took lift off, got problems

[cableguy]

I took my 6" lift off of my 94 and lowered it back down to stock. the problem is, I am having problems with the front suspension.

I bought a 91 4-door (stock) for the stock brackets and rear springs. I was just going to swap front and rear axles, but the 91 doesn't have anti lock brakes in the front and mine does, so I just kept my Dana 35 and just took off all the drop brackets and put it back up to stock. The problem is, when I got everything done and the tires on, both tires were toed out.

From the top, the tires look like this \----/

from the front, the tires look like this /----\

basically, the front of the tires are toed out, and the top of the tires are toed in.

I just had a tire put on and asked the tire shop check to see if the camber was changed when the lift was put on. All he could tell me was that I needed new ball joints and it would cost me 500$.

I loosened up the tie rods and started to pull them in and somewhat got rid of the front tires being toed out. I can't tell if I am making any difference because the top of the tires are leaning in so much it lookes like crap.

I have the stock steering off of the donor truck. Should I put it on and then have the camber checked?

thanks for the help.

 

[Alec]

That mechanic was a moron. You probably need a set of stock camber bushings. I don't know much about how the alignment is done, but I do know that most high-lift Xs need different camber bushings with the lift.

 

[Byrd91]

If you changed your steering (pitman arm or superrunner system) this will also affect toe, even more if camber is off. You will need to go back to stock steering also.

 

[cableguy]

Thats what I thought. I am going to take it to someone else to have it looked at.

I had stock steering on with the lift, and I think the tie rods were adjusted to make the steering work with the lift, and once the lift was off, the toe was out.