How do you adjust camber properly?

[chimyz]

My camber is off on my rig...can anyone help to explain what adjustments need to be made to bring it more negative or possitive?

 

[mgrande]

bring it to a dedicated alignment shop, and make sure they get it right where you want it.

 

[dekeman]

bring it to a dedicated alignment shop, and make sure they get it right where you want it.

Totally agree. Alignments are a bit like haircuts, it's easy to convince yourself you can do it yourself, but no matter how good you think you are, it's never quite right unless done by someone with the proper equipment. You don't want to be off even by a 10th of a degree - especially with those nice tires.

 

[harper7]

Just had my truck aligned today. All the adjustments were in the bottom eccentric bolts in the LCA's and the tie rods.

You can see where I was at before ,Camber and caster pretty close and I knew my toe was off since I changed UCA's last week and didn't mess with the tie rod adjustments. I wanted to get caster on the higher end to move the wheels forward so they wouldn't rub the mudflaps as much in the rear of the wheel well. Rides great now!

Here's my alignment specs.....

 

[Park]

Sorry about reviving an old thread

I'm just trying to make a rough budget for my lift, but how much does it cost roughly to get your tires professionally aligned?

 

[Park]

Bump

 

[FactoryRide]

Call your local alignment shop?

I had mine down a little over a month ago, and I believe it was roughly around $60.

 

[jimithing]

I'm just trying to make a rough budget for my lift, but how much does it cost roughly to get your tires professionally aligned?

The stealerships around here charge around $90 I think. A Toyota specialist shop was more like $75. I'd budget $100 to be on the safe side.

 

[K O]

Totally agree. Alignments are a bit like haircuts, it's easy to convince yourself you can do it yourself, but no matter how good you think you are, it's never quite right unless done by someone with the proper equipment. You don't want to be off even by a 10th of a degree - especially with those nice tires.

What are you saying about my hair???

 

[harper7]

I'm just trying to make a rough budget for my lift, but how much does it cost roughly to get your tires professionally aligned?

$39.99 here and $29.99 after the first one and putting their ad on the board at work.
Asking around and finding a shop that's competent and will set it where you want it is also a concern in my book.