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Re: [oletrucks] Front wheels look like "Bambi on Ice"

To: Wayne Roworth <wroworth@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Front wheels look like "Bambi on Ice"
From: jrdorsey <jrdorsey@strato.net>
Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2003 21:39:21 -0500
wayne,
It need to be aligned, the camber is off. It's controlled by shims under 
the upper a-frame bolts, but don't do it by eye it needs to be exact, 
and probably should be set to the specs of the vehicle it came off of.

Wayne Roworth wrote:
> Hey there. Almost finished my IFS conversion. Big day today. Actually drove
> out of the garage and on to the street. Did some turns and put her back in.
> Man is power steering great or what! Found out a few bummers. Need a new
> steering box and power steering pump. They leak and squeal. That's what you
> get for salvage!
> My question today is when you look straight at in front of the truck the
> wheels are pointing out at the bottom, sort of like Bambi's legs splayed on
> the ice. Not bad but noticeable. Is this normal? Did I miss something?
> P.S. Thanks to all who pointed me to NAPA for the brake line reducers. Got 'em
> quick. NAPA did throw me a curve where I lost 4 hours of my life though.
> Turned out one of the calipers in the right box was wrong and the only
> difference was the brake line fitting, machine thread verses coarse thread.
> They tried to supply the right banjo bolt but could not and then someone
> noticed it was the wrong caliper after 4 hours and 6 trips back and forth!
> 
> Wayne - '47 1 Ton Panel
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> 
> 


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'49 3800 Chevy Panel
'52 640 GMC Firetruck
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