1988 K5 Blazer front positive tire camber

[Charleshugh]

Hey all, I just replaced my ball joints and my tie rod but only on the passenger side of my truck and I was left with some pretty bad alignment issues. Both front tires have positive camber and it pulls hard to the left when I drive it. I know I messed something up. What are the causes of this, as in will I need to focus more on tweaking the ball joints or the tie rod to correct the camber and the alignment.
Thanks guys

 

[nvrenuf]

Seems like someone makes an offset threaded insert that goes in the knuckle, the offset whole allows for you to make camber/caster adjustments at the ball joint - maybe your axle has those and it turned?

 

[Blue85]

Did you replace the top ball joint adjusting sleeves? It's possible the old ones were offset to correct for something being tweaked. Replacing a ball joint with a new one shouldn't change the camber or caster enough to notice. Did you find any other shims in there, like behind the spindle? The only thing I can think of to mess up is not getting the ball joints properly seated in the knuckle or in the tapers.

 

[Wes Harden]

what is the truck we are talking about? 4wd or 2wd ? If 4wd having a drastic change i camber is odd. are the spindles seated in the knuckle properly, are the spindles bent from removal?

 

[folkenheath]

If you replaced your tie rod, how did you set the toe when done?