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My front end alignment has way too much negative camber due to subframe sagging from age/abuse/etc. What can I do?

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My front end alignment has way too much negative camber due to subframe sagging from age/abuse/etc. What can I do?

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The “right” thing to do is have a competent body shop get the frame back into specification. The “cheap” thing to do is use new A-arm bushings. Moog and probably other places make upper A-arm bushings that have more adjustability in them than the stock pieces so that you can compensate. If you have this problem due to sagging, Roger (ks_skyhawk) also recommends: “While you are down there, look at the area around the base of the spring towers, the outside 90 degree bend (on the ends of the part parallel to the engine) near where the control arm bolts are. Look for hairline cracks in this area. I found them on mine. I stopdrilled the top end of the crack and welded.” Tim (TimMcCabe99) explains one way to adjust the frame: “You can pull the lower frame rails back in line by attaching a chain to the idler arm and attaching the other end to the pitman arm on the steering box. By cranking the steering to the right it will pull the rails back together. After this is done, the “K” member shoul

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