I just bought a 72 styleside shorty and am pretty sure it's been lowered. There are some big meats barely clearing the front wells when going forward but backing up the wheels seem to tilt out at the top and when that happens they rub. I can barely turn backing up and they rub immediately. Someone offered that these front ends actually do change camber when backing up and no repair is needed but just a smaller tire.
I want to know if that sounds about right or if it sounds as if there may be other problems. There are a lot of new front end parts installed so I can't see anything being wrong but I am a novice at these trucks. I'm learning fast however.
I know the tires are huge for the lowered situation but the change in camber thing has me wondering.
Every Ford I've owned that had beams (TTB or TIB) did the same thing.. is it supposed to do that? I dunno, but suspect its because of the larger tires, on a less than brand new truck, combined with going the wrong way re: caster angle.
check it out to make sure nothing's falling apart, and if all is fine, call it normal.
wgk wrote:I just bought a 72 styleside shorty and am pretty sure it's been lowered. There are some big meats barely clearing the front wells when going forward but backing up the wheels seem to tilt out at the top and when that happens they rub. I can barely turn backing up and they rub immediately. Someone offered that these front ends actually do change camber when backing up and no repair is needed but just a smaller tire.
I want to know if that sounds about right or if it sounds as if there may be other problems. There are a lot of new front end parts installed so I can't see anything being wrong but I am a novice at these trucks. I'm learning fast however.
I know the tires are huge for the lowered situation but the change in camber thing has me wondering.
Are you talking about "in-and-out" movement of the tires (top-to-bottom), or "fore-and-aft" movement of the axle/I-beam?
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Why is it that there's seldom time to fix it right the first time, but there's always time to fix it right the second time???
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that's the nature of beams. Especially because you have altered them from how they were from the factory. IT's because of how the truck is toe'd, and the camber.
Before i bent my beamsi would back up and the tires would nearly touch underneath the truck
Then i bent the beams and toed it correctly.
Drive forward at least 10 feet. Get a tape measure and measure the distance between the rear of the front tires and the front of the front tires. Post up what the measurements are.
That's SWEAT from all that HORSEPOWER!! 
