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Old 04-01-2011, 04:41 PM
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I have a 92 f150 302 with a 2 inch lift and its tires are bowing really bad when driveing and when u stand on back of it if flexs up and down real easy if u jump up an down and also it has alot of play in the steering when you are driving it plz help any ideas will help thanks
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Could you be a little more clear on what you mean. "Bowing?" "Flexs up and down?" You mean bounces? In that case shocks. Steering wheel play. Needs adjustment or needs front end work.
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Ok the tires have a bad camber issue thats what i ment by bowing and yea it is bouncey like its a super soft suspencion and what kinda front end work you talking about
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Ok the tires have a bad camber issue thats what i ment by bowing and yea it is bouncey like its a super soft suspencion and what kinda front end work you talking about
Thanks for the clarification. OK, like I said, bouncy is bad shocks. Replace them. Bad camber issue. I assume you mean the tires are wearing bad on the inside or outside. This is usually an alignment issue so get the front end aligned. What I meant by front end work is that there could be some worn out parts in the front end. Usually tie rod ends, idler arm or pitman arm. When you have the front end aligned they will (usually) inspect the front end and tell you if anything's wrong. Oh, I'm assuming you have a 2 wheel drive. If so, here's a generalized pic of your front end.

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Ok thanks ill buy shocks ok so just to let you no i have a 4x4 and also i just bought truck and previous owner put a 2 inch lift And the the camber is so bad that i have the truck parked on slight hill very sight and the driver side tire isnt touchin the ground flat only like hafe the tire is touching the ground and aldo it has 33s on it
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Also what would be a good shock to go with for a 2 inch lift ive been lookin at blisteins 5100s but the ones i found for front say 6 inch lift and rear is a four inch lift does that matter
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I like that diagram BLS. About the camber issue, when you put a lift on your truck you have to get an alignment done. A lot of times you're also going to need some sort of camber adjustment bushing do-hickey (I don't know the name). Wherever you take the truck for the alignment will let you know. I think they're pretty cheap, and easy to be put on.
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It is a nice diagram, but it doesn't look anything like the trucks steering components.
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Ok ill look in to the camber adjustment part could some one help me about the shocks


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