Camber Adjustment with King Pins

Since we're talking about Caster adjustment on another thread, I thought I'd ask about Camber adjustment.

My truck has had radial tires since I've owned it. I just got bias plys put on and now I can actually see that the tops of my front tires are farther away from each other than the bottoms are. Is this OK? How is Camber adjusted on a car with an I-beam and king pins?

A pic is attached, but its hard to tell.

Thanks,

Mike

 

I believe the only way camber can be adjusted is by bending the axle. If you are having a problem look to a shop that works on trucks with straight axles they can hook you up with someone that knows how to adjust the axles

 

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I believe the only way camber can be adjusted is by bending the axle. If you are having a problem look to a shop that works on trucks with straight axles they can hook you up with someone that knows how to adjust the axles

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I was hoping that wasn't the only answer.

Oh well, it does make sense when you look at the setup.

 

That's positive camber. For a '40 all models,is 1/4-1 degree positive. With bias plys,your looks to be about right.Roads are not flat,they have a "crown' to them to aid water drainage,and positive camber compensates for that. How is the wear pattern?

 

Positive camber is to make your tyre 'turn into' the corner as you go round it. Nothing to do with the road camber. You don't drive right on the crown of the road do you, unless it is a single lane track?

 

This probably sounds IDIOTIC -but my mind tilts that way a lot........why is it not possible to make a concentric set of upper and lower bushings for the spindle so camber could be set?[ told ya! ]

 

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...why is it not possible to make a concentric set of upper and lower bushings for the spindle so camber could be set ?

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choprods,
You said "concentric", but did you mean to say "eccentric" -(i.e. bore of the bushings off-center from the outside diameter) ?? That couldn't work, as the bores would be offset from each other, if not adjusted so the bores were exactly in line with each other. If the bores were not aligned, the straight pin could not go through the offset bores - bores would be parallel, but not in alignment.

The only way it could be done (theoreticaly) using bushings alone, would be to insert a solid bushing and then bore it out at an angle to it's outside diameter, so the bores would be aligned, but angled in or out from it's O.D. Theoreticaly possible, I guess, but not practical. If my written explanation sucks, let me know and I'll try to make a drawing to 'splain it better.

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Have a great Thanksgiving.

 

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This probably sounds IDIOTIC -but my mind tilts that way a lot........why is it not possible to make a concentric set of upper and lower bushings for the spindle so camber could be set?[ told ya! ]

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Not idiotic at all. There are offset excentric bushing made by the after market for some 4x4s but they use ball joints not king pins. Both caster and camber can be adjusted by turning the excentric.

The only problem is that the bushing is so thin you wouldn't get any adjustment with an excentric bushing. With the right tools it's pretty easy to bend the axle on the car and get it right.