control arm shims...

[quicks10]

i dropped my shims for the upper control arms ..i kinda know how many went on each bolt i got some thin ones and thicker ones...

anyone know how many? im sure they vary...

im planning to get it aligned once im done messing with it and get it running again,

so should i get it close and let the alignment shop worry about it..?

[deimos]

Don't worry about it, that's what the alignment shop gets paid for lol.

[quicks10]

thanks .. just gonna bolt on and go.....now gotta find a good shop. and not the basic commercial tire place up the street........that cant even balance a tire right...

[quicks10]

i took all the shims out and tire is still bowed in... im pretty sure i know what the problem is..

[deimos]

shims make the tire move out ward buddy

[quicks10]

when i shim it it pulls the tire towards the center...

[deimos]

damn you have none in there... Got pics of what the wheel looks like? Does the vehicle have the engine out?

[quicks10]

damn you have none in there... Got pics of what the wheel looks like? Does the vehicle have the engine out?

no motor in.... will get pics of the wheel... im thinking i should have got with the lefts instead of the rights......

[Rickracer]

shims make the tire move out ward buddy
Nope, that's backwards, more shim makes camber go negatiive, pulls the top of the tire in, :wink5:

[jdrags10]

Sounds like the upper control arms may be too short if with no shims the top of the tire is in farther than the bottom.

[quicks10]

Sounds like the upper control arms may be too short if with no shims the top of the tire is in farther than the bottom.


yep thats what im thinking....i went with what a few others said to use..i measured the old ones while on the truck and i came up with 8" now that the old ones are off the truck it looks to be 8 1/2".......

im a dumb ass screwed up again...

[quicks10]

problem solved........

[406shark]

problem solved........

What'd you end up doing to solve it?


Jeff

[quicks10]

What'd you end up doing to solve it?


Jeff


i just ordered the left side arms.....fml