by The Roadie » Mon Jan 31, 2011 12:22 pm
Why the heck didn't the alignment shop fix it?!?!?!
No shims are typically allowed in suspensions. You (or the shop) needs to loosen three bolts that hold the LCA bracket to the vehicle. Then you can pry the rear edge of the bracket outwards (the bolts are in slightly slotted holes in the LCA bracket) and that moves the lower ball joint forward in the vehicle. Camber adjustment uses the same tactic, but the entire bracket moves in and out to move the lower ball joint in and out in the vehicle. If you run out of adjustment, you can remove the bracket and LCA from the vehicle and get the slots milled out a bit. If you have a milling machine available, that's easier than if you have to pay a machine shop.
Alignment shops who claim trailvoys have no camber and caster adjustment are incompetent goofs with a bad data base of where the adjustments are.
The LCA mounting bolts have a HUGE torque requirement of 177 ft-lbs for the two in the rear, and 195 for the single front bolt. I'm moving mine all the time after nasty rock trail runs.