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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 09:32 PM
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Unable to set camber

Sorry guys,
This might have been asked before but after several failed attempts at searching I thought it was time to ask.

I have an 03 SCREW 2wd lowered 4 inches with Belltech, And stock shocks. I have had this truck aligned several times and each time by a different shop. They have all told me the same thing. There is not enough adjustment in the eccentrics to get it where it should be. And they said the eccentrics have already been changed out. Both tires are wearing on the inside edge, + - ? not sure but one side is .6 out and the other is .3 it's time for new tires again but i am tired of burning them up.
Sorry this is so long but I wanted to give as much info as I could. So my question is. Is there an aftermarket eccentric kit that will give me the adjustment I need to get within the correct parameters? If so where?

All help greatly appreciated.
Jim
 
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 09:37 PM
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are you running the stock cam bolts, or aftermarket eccentric cam bolts? if you have the stockers, then yeah, switch to the aftermarket eccentrics that offer more slack. the stockers look more like a traditional bolt, the eccentrics have a large oblong type washer on the bolt.
 
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by minimonster17
are you running the stock cam bolts, or aftermarket eccentric cam bolts? if you have the stockers, then yeah, switch to the aftermarket eccentrics that offer more slack. the stockers look more like a traditional bolt, the eccentrics have a large oblong type washer on the bolt.
I'm not sure. The first place I had taken it to said the eccentrics had been changed out already with a replacement kit from Ford? When I first heard this I thought maybe Ford had corrected the problem and came out with replacements. But now I am beginning to think they were just replaced with new stock parts.
 

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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 10:36 PM
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Take a pic of them for us. If you can't do that, find a pic of the aftermarket camber bolts on one of the big parts store's websites and compare them to yours.
 
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 10:50 PM
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Ford sells cam bolts for the LCAs, most people only do the UCAs tho

this is what the UCA's should look like, and they should be all the way out in your case
 
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Old Feb 25, 2009 | 11:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Patman03SprCrw
Ford sells cam bolts for the LCAs, most people only do the UCAs tho

this is what the UCA's should look like, and they should be all the way out in your case
Sorry,
LCA's....UCA's?
 
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Old Feb 26, 2009 | 04:18 AM
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Sorry,
LCA's....UCA's?
LCA=Lower Control Arm
UCA=Upper Control Arm
 
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Old Feb 26, 2009 | 09:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Wakethor
LCA=Lower Control Arm
UCA=Upper Control Arm
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