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| | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 77 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 77 | I live in Indiana and have a 52 Chevy. Recently asked around at the alignment shops here in town what they would charge to re-aligne my truck. I want to rebuild the front end this spring and I know messing with this and replacing the worn parts will warrant an alignment. To my surprise, none of the shops can do an alignment on my truck. They say they don't know how?????? I have never done anything like this. Is this soemthing I can do in my garage? If so, how?
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John
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,742 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,742 | You can adjust the caster by installing tapered shims between the axle and the springs. Toe is easy, just adjust the tie rod length. Camber changes require bending the axle, not a real problem, but it takes some special techniques and heavy jacks and chains, plus a big I-beam to anchor the axle down while you're jacking on it.
I'd suggest that you find a shop where they do alignment work on big trucks. Your little axle should present no problems at all to a shop that's accustomed to aligning a Freightliner or a Peterbilt. We bent a lot of I-beam axles at the family shop back in the 50's and 60's, but it's sort of a lost art now, along with the equipment to do the job.
Jerry
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| | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 | here is a stovebolt tip on having an adjustable drag link /tie rod MOD. and modern ball joynts. also how to remove old tie rod round ball joynts http://www.stovebolt.com/techtips/draglink_adjustable.htmlhttp://www.stovebolt.com/techtips/tie_rod_replacement.htmlhope it works for you.
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