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Help! New Ball Joints - Tire has positive Camber?

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#1 ·
I just had synergy hd ball joints put in, all uppers and lowers and boy what a difference, even though they did adjust the alignment afterwords I noticed it pulling to the right quite a bit, got home, started looking at it and noticed the passenger front tire had a positive camber as shown on left.



I'm taking it back first thing in the morning, I can see it visibly with my eye. It drives great, a huge improvement, but pulling to the right and the left front passenger tire has a camber to it?

Can this be fixed or is this something bad?
 
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#3 ·
I didn't have an alignment before, the guys I bought it off did I'm sure though.

Bent C ?? What do you mean? I can see a difference underneath, it's hard to explain, I'd take pictures but it's dark out now.

Does this sound serious, I'm kind of freaking out, wife is pissed I've spent so much money and this cost $500.00 to replace all ball joints
 
#6 ·
Can you see what I'm talking about, sheeze, going to have an anxiety attack if this thing is screwed up. These guys are the best in town to, seriously, they know what they are doing.

Click on the photos for larger view, the tire is definitely leaning ... You really have to click on the photo's to see what I mean. Also made typo, ball joint is bulging on passenger side
 

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#15 · (Edited)
Yep, some are looking at this on a small screen, or a phone, and probably can't see what you are referring to.

I am looking at it on a 20" screen, and can see your drivers side tire/wheel leaning in at the top, (negative camber). That would cause your wrangler to pull to the right, as you have described. That is a indication, that your Ball Joints are worn out......:thumb:

Your Post #6, really shows this in your picture!!!!!!!!!

If this picture was taken after the Ball joints were replaced, then WOW, you may have a bent C,
or the picture is distorted!
 
#7 ·
Here I am standing head onto the jeep, I mean dead center, look at the passenger side front tire, Toe out or Caster, something's not right? Click on photo, when it opens click on it again for full screen and you'll see what I mean
 

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#9 ·
Well, hell, maybe it's always been like that, see this photo taken months ago ... Maybe I just need him to realign it cause it's pulling right, not horrible but enough to cause tire wear, runs very smooth though? What do you think, perhaps I never noticed it, not sure.

Again, click on it once, it will open in a window, click again to go full screen, see the passenger front? I don't know what to think now ...

I do know it tightened the front end up tremendously, love the way it feels now ... Even at 70 miles an hour it's fine, and yes, even with 35" tires this baby is highway friendly.

What do you think?
 

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#10 ·
Drive into your driveway straight. Let the tires straighten themselves (DO NOT TOUCH THE STEERING WHEEl)
Step out and variety tires are straight ahead. If the tires look good .. Now take note of the steering wheel. If it's off to the left/right, your steering wheel is not centered.

This is the same procedure to center the wheel. You would now loosen and turn the drag link buckle to bring the wheel back canter.!
 
#13 ·
Your Jeep may be pulling to the right due to crown in the road, if it is not bad.
 
#14 ·
Its not the crown of the road u can see it needs to be adjusted. Im sure the ball joints are fine the c doesnt look bent either. The gap in your pic youre looking at is just a dust seal. Just there to help keep dust out the tube. Mine had a gap on one side too. With chromo shafts there isnt a shield at all. Bet if you take it back tomorrow it will be fine
 
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Okay, I stopped in this morning, he said the alignment is dead on, the C is not bent, that because I had him rotate the tires one of them must be pulling, he switched them again (not back to the original) and the pull is barely noticeable, if I get on a level road or the crown of a road it's pretty straight. It's hard to find a dang road that doesn't slant so hard to the right these days to even test alignment.

Basically, things are okay, still a little pull, but so slight, hopefully as I rotate the tires they will wear evenly.
 
#19 ·
Okay, I stopped in this morning, he said the alignment is dead on, the C is not bent, that because I had him rotate the tires one of them must be pulling, he switched them again (not back to the original) and the pull is barely noticeable, if I get on a level road or the crown of a road it's pretty straight. It's hard to find a dang road that doesn't slant so hard to the right these days to even test alignment. Basically, things are okay, still a little pull, but so slight, hopefully as I rotate the tires they will wear evenly.
Did you get a sheet ?

Get yourself a HD steering stabilizer. They tend to push left. Combat it :D
 
#20 ·
No sheet on the alignment. We did put a new stabilizer on it about a month and half ago, I was thinking too that it might be the push, can't I just adjust the stabilizer? I honestly think all these round-abouts we have here eat your tires up and cause them to pull because we're always turning the same direction, I can go through 20 a day, and yes, I take them to fast which eats away my 35's ...

But I do know that switching the tires today did reduce the push quite a bit, back to near normal
 
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