NEEED IMMEDIATE rear axle camber help

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XJpax

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Northern Maine

• May 10, 2003

• #1

My rear axle is out of camber 3x tolerance levels so the vehicle dog trails to the right when i drive. how do i fix it? The alignment shop said a frame shop woudl be able to adjust it, but its not my frame. I need hlep immedaitaley cause I have to drive back to school on monday about 100 miles and dont wanna eat up my tires with awkward wear.

 

woody

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NC Sandhills

• May 10, 2003

• #2

Hmmm, is the tube or housing bent or is the wheel bearing fawked?

I dunno really how you'd fix it if it were not the bearing... and if it was the bearing, I'd think the brakes would get a maulling too

Sounds like a great time to consider axle swaps, unless you know someone with a really big press and stuff to tweak it back.

 

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XJpax

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Location

Northern Maine

• May 10, 2003

• #3

im gonna drop teh axle and remount it to the leaves and see if i can get it back to normal a bit. im afriad that wheni tightened them down yesterday, i might've tweaker it one way or another. centerpins dopnt always put you right on.

 

Eagle

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Terra Firma

• May 10, 2003

• #4

Time out. Camber is when you look at the vehicle from in front or behind, the tops of the tires lean in or out toward or away from the centerline of the vehicle. Since the rear axle is a solid axle assembly, the ONLY way it can have any camber at all is if the axle shaft or the tube is bent. No shop can "adjust" that out, and you can't fix it with a center pin.

 

Rags

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Location

AZ

• May 10, 2003

• #5

Someone trin to scam you.........scan the specs and post up...................I will tell you the readings and what is going on...............camber in the rear can only be from a bent trunion tube or an axle or wheel.....shoot the specs and will see what is going on........................

 

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XJpax

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Location

Northern Maine

• May 10, 2003

• #6

I shoud've beeeter explained, it was the toe-in camber thing. i don't know the proper name for it. i pulled the tires and measured and the drivers side was .6" farhter forward than the left. i fixed it.

 

Rags

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AZ

• May 10, 2003

• #7

ahhh.....................

 

woody

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NC Sandhills

• May 11, 2003

• #8

LOL good to hear ya got it.