Camber After Leveling Kit

You shouldn't need new UCAs. They should be able to get it into spec without. Your best advice was from @Sasquatchian. The others saying to replace parts is foolish until you actually get it checked by a tech that knows what they are doing.

 

Better part it out! Sounds like you need new control arms and a re alignment.

 

Getting a lot of mixed answers. I think I will go ahead and get UCA’s and if that doesn’t work then I’m out of ideas.

 

No mixed answers here. I mean you have people telling you to replace your UCAs and your needle bearing. That should be a pretty good clue when you don't even have a needle bearing. I realize that the repair business has dissolved to a mentality of fixing things by replacing parts, but that is kind of pointless. I'm sure UCAs will fix your problem because inevitably they will have to adjust your camber and caster when you get it aligned after you replace those parts. Why in the world wouldn't you just get it aligned? Seems kind of silly, but unless you are trying to justify buying new parts you are wasting money.

 

I’ve gotten 3 alignments since the installation of my leveling kit. The alignment shop offered 3 month warranty if anything wasn’t right. All 3 times the camber didn’t change. Does the alignment shop have the ability to get it right and they’re just being lazy? What do you recommend I do?

 

Alignment shops a notorious for doing toe-and-gos. It is the easy way out. Toe is the angle that causes tire wear. That is what people are concerned about. Camber and caster unless you are having a drivability issue can be ignored. The manufacturers create specs that these angles should fall into. Typically they are broad because it is almost impossible to align to a tenth of a degree. Your numbers are close to being in spec, but they are not. That is easily indicated by the red in the numbers. You shouldn't accept that. You paid for a proper alignment, they should do it. However, it is a very fine line and requires tact and knowledge to get someone that really doesn't want to do their job to do so and do it well.

 

He posted this in another thread…

 

I will just go back to them since it is under warranty and ask them if they can do it again in hopes of getting the camber back in line. Thanks for the help