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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 12:04 AM
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Hats up guys. So today I was driving home from work and started herring some bad noises. Next thing I know there's a bang and my trucks in the grass. Turns out all 5 studs on the drivers front wheel snapped and thank god for manual hubs because the rim road on that prevent the wheel from flying into traffic. So I will be replacing my wheel bearings, seals, rotor and any thing else that is worn. Now for the question. I need to replace the sleeves for the upper ball joints because I have horrible negative camber. Now when I replace it should it just pop out? And is there different inserts for more or less camber? Thanks in advance.


P.s. I believe the studs snapped because the last owner over tightened them and snapped one of them. So
I was ridding on 4 studs
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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 12:19 AM
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Oh almost forgot. The truck is a 94 f150 with d44 ifs front axle
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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 06:46 AM
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fully adjustable alignment camber bushings are your best bet.

Cheap and most reputable alignment shops will be able to put them in and align it properly.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/EXTREME-ADJU...item1c23796b5f
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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 08:32 AM
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Awesome! Thanks. That's perfect. I work in a dealer do I'll just do it one day after work. Just gotta figure out how they come out lol
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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 08:38 AM
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Watching this thread because I'm curious how much of a job it is too. I have a very slight amount of negative which I'm think of replacing the coils with a fresh set of Deavers. That would probably put me back out into positive camber which I may need a higher adjustable bushing to correct.
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Found this interesting thread about camber bushing replacement:
https://www.f150forum.com/f76/how-re...7-91-a-102828/

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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 05:16 PM
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piece of cake to do. Took me 10min each side.

I have 3" drop beams, all you do is loosen the hold bolt on top of the i-beam that holds the alignment bushing in place. Use a small pry bar to spread apart the slit there where the bolt is pulling it together. Use a picklefork or big flat screwdriver and get it under the rim of the bushing and hammer it up. It works good if you can move it side to side to loosen it up.
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Old Feb 7, 2012 | 08:06 AM
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Alright awesome I'm gonna give it a go in about a week I'll let you guys know how it goes
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