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Ford Trucks \ Problems having my slightly lowered truck aligned?Problems having my slightly lowered truck aligned?
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mtm
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Edited: 9/4/2008 9:33:43 AM by mtm
I am going to get it as straight as I can and rock on. Based on yesterday, I don't trust the "proffesionals" around here with my truck. I never took it to a tire shop. That's the kicker. The first shop I went to is supposed to be the best alignment shop around. The second place where the guy wanted to bend my I-beams is one of the best bodyshops around. Everything under the frontend is a week old, so there wouldn't be any heating to get anything out. The bottom line is, these people around here don't know what to do with a vehicle if it's not something they work on everyday. Come on this guy actually thought the solution was to remove, heat with a torch, and BEND my brand new DJM I-beams? I will never take anything there ever again. I question some of these shops around here. I don't know if it's because they don't want to mess with it or if they just don't know what they are doing. So what if I took a stock ranger to that shop with the same camber? I suppose the solution is to heat and bend the stock FORD ENGINEERED I-beams to compensate for his stupidity? What a joke. Anyway, thanks for the replies guys, I'll get it straightened out.
I am going to get it as straight as I can and rock on. Based on yesterday, I don't trust the "proffesionals" around here with my truck. I never took it to a tire shop. That's the kicker. The first shop I went to is supposed to be the best alignment shop around. The second place where the guy wanted to bend my I-beams is one of the best bodyshops around. Everything under the frontend is a week old, so there wouldn't be any heating to get anything out. The bottom line is, these people around here don't know what to do with a vehicle if it's not something they work on everyday. Come on this guy actually thought the solution was to remove, heat with a torch, and BEND my brand new DJM I-beams? I will never take anything there ever again. I question some of these shops around here. I don't know if it's because they don't want to mess with it or if they just don't know what they are doing. So what if I took a stock ranger to that shop with the same camber? I suppose the solution is to heat and bend the stock FORD ENGINEERED I-beams to compensate for his stupidity? What a joke. Anyway, thanks for the replies guys, I'll get it straightened out.
exotic dreams
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These actually work pretty good. I get decent camber with 3.75 or so inches of lift with these bushings. I soaked mine in pb blaster and used a massive clamp to pry mine loose.
mtm
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Ok so heres an update. I went to napa last night an picked up 2 of the adjustable bushings that Brian suggested. Today I installed one of the bushings on the passenger side set at the full 4
ngacleetus
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Good job. Just goes to show if you want something done do it yourself. It's sad when people that do alignments for a living are worthless.
mtm
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Edited: 9/5/2008 4:57:15 PM by mtm
Ok this might sound like a jackass question because I am totally out of it, tired, and my mind is drawing a blank right now. Is there a tool I can buy that will measure degrees horizontally? Meaning place against an object horizontally (wheel face) and measure the degree change as the wheel is turned? Will an angle finder work or are they only for vertical applications? Here's what I'm talking about.
Ok this might sound like a jackass question because I am totally out of it, tired, and my mind is drawing a blank right now. Is there a tool I can buy that will measure degrees horizontally? Meaning place against an object horizontally (wheel face) and measure the degree change as the wheel is turned? Will an angle finder work or are they only for vertical applications? Here's what I'm talking about.