After my High Lifter lift was installed I noticed the top of the back wheels slightly leaning out with the preload of the shock. Is there a way to adjust the rear arms to get the tires straight up and down again?
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I talked with high lifter today. The word I got was they all do that on the back. It's not terrible but if I was driving on hard surface regularly it would definitely make the tires wear unevenly. I'm not really going to stress over it because there's a portal lift in my future and the brackets will probably be removed. The gear reduction is something I want to run a more aggressive set up. Not that it's not fun now! Snorkel and winch are next up on my priority list.
I am getting ready to put 1" wheel spacers on because the tire rubs the shock a little at full lock. I'm interested to see how it sets after they're on.
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A wheel spacer should not change camber at all. If anything, it would make the top of the tire lean in and you're adding more leverage to the spring therefore causing the machine to ride slightly lower. With a 1 inch spacer, you would notice any change.
That makes sense - leverage causes it to sink (slightly).
I've been meaning to pull my spacers off so - i'll measure before and after to see if its noticable.
My rear tires lean in quite a bit and I didn't notice that till I changed wheel offset and spacers.
I agree with the leverage.it should shift the weight and move the bottom of the tire out and the top in. That's what I'm looking for. I'm still running the stock wheels so I'm not getting a the advantage of the 2" offset the aftermarket wheels provide. I'm sure it won't completely correct the camber but it should improve it.
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Overall my test shows that the spacers did make a noticeable difference except on one wheel.
Without lift, all tires lean in - the rear tires by almost an inch. (12/32 inch on the 12 inch rim is makes it 7/8 inch from top of tire to bottom)
Here's my alignment equipment - the tape measure is not straight here - just showing you what i did. I measured distance to top of rim and bottom of rim and recorded the difference. 12 inch wheel and 28 inch tire.
Left front with 1 inch spacer = 2/32 no spacer = 2/32 (-0.3 camber)
Right front 1 inch spacer = 4/32 no spacer = 4/32 (-0.6 camber)
left Rear 2 inch spacer = 12/32 no spacer = 12/32 (-1.8 camber)
Right rear 2 inch spacer = 16/32 no spacer = 13/32 <---- This is the only one that changed (-2.4 to -1.9 camber)
I'm thinking I might already have a weak shock.
Anyone else got this much lean on their stock setup? (sorry to divert your thread but it is all about camber)
Without lift, all tires lean in - the rear tires by almost an inch. (12/32 inch on the 12 inch rim is makes it 7/8 inch from top of tire to bottom)
Here's my alignment equipment - the tape measure is not straight here - just showing you what i did. I measured distance to top of rim and bottom of rim and recorded the difference. 12 inch wheel and 28 inch tire.
Left front with 1 inch spacer = 2/32 no spacer = 2/32 (-0.3 camber)
Right front 1 inch spacer = 4/32 no spacer = 4/32 (-0.6 camber)
left Rear 2 inch spacer = 12/32 no spacer = 12/32 (-1.8 camber)
Right rear 2 inch spacer = 16/32 no spacer = 13/32 <---- This is the only one that changed (-2.4 to -1.9 camber)
I'm thinking I might already have a weak shock.
Anyone else got this much lean on their stock setup? (sorry to divert your thread but it is all about camber)
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