Postive Camber after alignment with new 99 talls, OME906, Bilstein 4600s

[zachmac]

gap between camber adjusters and bushings

High jacking an old thread as I haven't posted enough yet to be able to start a thread.

I a working on my son's 98 4runner (one of 4 4runner we own). Replacing the lower control arms which came with the inner bushings installed. The new cam adjusters I bought from Toyota measure `3/4 inch on the diameter of the shaft that turns inside the bushings. The bushings inner diameter that the adjusters slide into measure about 1/16 bigger so there is some slop there when you turn the adjuster before it moves the arm.

At least one video I saw showed a plastic sleeve between the two (none present in old arms on the car). Should there be a plastic sleeve between the inner bushing surface and the adjuster? It would seems to me once you set the alignment and torque down the bolts through the adjusters you are locking the bushings down to the frame and the play between the bushings and the adjusters is no longer an issue? I just want to be sure because slop in the bushings now is causing the alignment to actually shift and wearing out tires fast.

 

[JRZEE2000TR4LTD]

High jacking an old thread as I haven't posted enough yet to be able to start a thread.

I a working on my son's 98 4runner (one of 4 4runner we own). Replacing the lower control arms which came with the inner bushings installed. The new cam adjusters I bought from Toyota measure `3/4 inch on the diameter of the shaft that turns inside the bushings. The bushings inner diameter that the adjusters slide into measure about 1/16 bigger so there is some slop there when you turn the adjuster before it moves the arm.

At least one video I saw showed a plastic sleeve between the two (none present in old arms on the car). Should there be a plastic sleeve between the inner bushing surface and the adjuster? It would seems to me once you set the alignment and torque down the bolts through the adjusters you are locking the bushings down to the frame and the play between the bushings and the adjusters is no longer an issue? I just want to be sure because slop in the bushings now is causing the alignment to actually shift and wearing out tires fast.

Are the LCAs OEM? There shouldn't be that much space. The plastic sleeve cams you saw are probably the aftermarket ones which separates the inner bushing from the cam sleeve so they don't bind up over time.

You are right that once they tighten those cam bolts up it should lock the bushing to the frame. With slop in between the sleeve and bushing you wont get the full range of adjustment.

 

[zachmac]

You are right that once they tighten those cam bolts up it should lock the bushing to the frame. With slop in between the sleeve and bushing you wont get the full range of adjustment.

Thanks for the quick reply. No, LCA are not OEM (was trying to save some $). Just trying to get it all in spec before I put it up for sale. It was my son's but he just stepped up to a 4th gen. I'll put some tubing in there to make up the ~1/16 " gap. Should be able to get to spec and then tighten it all down with the bolts. Then our 19998 Limited with 2.5" Old Man lift, ARB bumper with winch and LOTS of maintenance will be up for sale. ~197k miles with hard to find factory locker option.