jped1981

Some of you may have rad my post about the reincarnation of my 88 pickup. wellI decided to go for a total chaos gen 1 kit for 3140 installed. I go to my body shop to pick up my truck, (it was involved in an accident, I wanted to go long travel, so body shop only put on fiberglass). Then the question arises, I wonder if the frame is bemt? I would hate to spend 3grand on my kit only to find out I have a bent frame. It was about a 30 mph crash (residential area), a lady ran a stop sign, and hit my passenger side front, after looking at my tires position, I noticed that it looked like the toe was ok, the camber was ok (vertical) but the caster was off. it looks like there is maybe 2inches of clearance between the rear tire and the rear mudflap. I suspect its just the lower control arm because it is only the caster thats off. I would post pics, but my stupid camera has taken a dump. Has anyone bent a lower control arm before? I measured some bolts on the frame and everything looked ok, but the cster being that off is kinda scary what do ou guys think?

mt_goat

Need to see pics of the front and rear cam bolt adjustments. That's what adjusts the caster. Maybe a friend can take pics. It's possible its just needing the caster adjusted.

TORTIS

iTrader: (1)

dang mt goat, how do you keep your stuff so clean?

jped1981

Thanks for the pics mt. goat. I saw the adjusting cams, but is it adjustable to 2 to three inches?

DeathCougar

iTrader: (23)

Don't guess with this sort of thing. Take it to a frame shop. You'll kick yourself when you spend $3000 then find out the frame is bent.

mt_goat

Each can be adjusted about 1" IIRC, so if the front cam was full lock to the left and the rear cam was full to the right that would be about 2".

pachink13

upper control arm broke on it's own. any suggestions? its rancho and i can't find this part anywhere.

mt_goat

Maybe it can be rebuilt stronger or maybe you can go back to OEM for the UCA.

pachink13

yeah, my buddy's dad is a welding wizard. so he said he'll dress up the broken side and the other side and beef them both up. I'd rather just take everything off and do an axle swap but im not financially ready/idk how much it'll cost, what it takes, and can't do it by myself.. tell me what you guys think.