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Road walk after Strut & spring replacement

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Old 03-17-16, 09:57 AM
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Road walk after Strut & spring replacement

Okay, so I replaced the struts and springs and now she road walks toward the passenger side something fierce. The passenger side sway bar link did get bent during the job, would that affect it? If not I'm thinking that the camber got changed. I failed to mark where the indent in the strut mount was before removal... What do you guys think? Would an alignment shop be able to adjust my camber or can I do it myself?
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you can adjust camber, expecially if you have stock top hats. since there's only 4 adjustments you can make. How the heck did you bend your sway bar link in the process of a spring change? just changing springs and shocks shouldn't really affect alignment that much
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It was all rusted and corroded and ****. Ordering new ones tomorrow.

Originally Posted by cshaw07
you can adjust camber, expecially if you have stock top hats. since there's only 4 adjustments you can make. How the heck did you bend your sway bar link in the process of a spring change? just changing springs and shocks shouldn't really affect alignment that much
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