I took the truck today to get aligned which I hadn't done yet following putting on larger springs to level the truck. It was a fruitful trip even though the truck didn't get aligned in the end. The guy at the alignment shop said they don't make camber bushings large enough to align it (it had 3 deg positive camber) and that I needed to get drop brackets for the I-beam axles before it could be properly aligned.

They also pronounced my front left wheel bearings to be bad and tightened the steering gear box for me so what are these drop brackets? anyone point me in the right direction?

 

How much for an alignment was he gonna charge?

 

$42 for a front end alignment

 

Wow that's cheap lol was this a nationwide shop like Midas or Goodyear? And as far as brackets just eBay them.

 

no just a local place

 

browsing around the internet, these things seem to be called "front axle pivot drop brackets." I didn't think they were required for just 2" of lift though? seems they come standard with full lift kits, can they be bought by themselves? anyone want to weigh in?

 

I found some of these brackets by tuff country, part # 20842... good brand or not? worth $125+?

 

no just buy the correct camber bushings from the auto parts store if you need them.

Are your tires like / \ or like this \ /? if they are straight up and down like this | | then you dont need the bushing and just set the toe yourself...

 

they're like / \ they had 3.1 degrees of positive camber, the guy at the shop said the largest bushing he could get would only correct for 2.75 deg of camber or something like that

 

are large enough bushings even made to correct +3.1 degrees of camber? if I buy them myself and bring them I suppose he could use them to align the truck right?