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Rebuilding Corp 10 Bolt front axle

Hitches31

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I have order all the part to rebuild a 1986 corp 10 bolt 6 lug and I was wondering if there is a PDF on the net that tells the tork spec and a step by step on how to rebuild this axle... how do I set the Caster or Chamber and getting it close so that I could get it to the shop to get a alignment on it?


P.S: has to have alot of pictures
 
This is a straight axle, so alignment issues are simple or just don't exist. It's independent suspensions that need alignment more than once in a blue moon.

Caster (aka castor, the front to back angle) is set by shimming between the axle and the springs. If your alignment was okay before i.e. the castor angle was within spec, it shouldn't change by rebuilding the axle.

Camber (the side to side angle) should be absolutely set as it's a straight axle. IF the spindles are not parallel to the long axis of the axle, there are shims available to go between the knuckle and the spindle. However, if the spindles aren't parallel, my feeling would be that the balljoints are shot (most likely) and/or the spindle is bent (unlikely). Since you're replacing the balljoints, this should be covered and you need not worry about it.

You didn't ask about toe-in; presumably you're replacing the tie rod ends, but you know to count turns when turning the old ones out, and then turn the new ones in the same number of turns, right? :)

ANYWAY, point is, rebuild the axle, getting it as close as you can, and then run it by your alignment shop. They'll put it on the rack, measure and adjust the toe-in, and measure castor/camber and give you a nice printout with that info.

If one of the camber angles is WAY out of whack, you can shim it, but I'd consider replacing the spindle at that point, plus check for damage to the knuckle or the axle 'C'. If the castor angle is way off, you could shim the axle at the spring pads, but that's only likely if you've changed springs or hangers.

HTH.

-- A
 
Thank you for the help. When I removed one of the knuckle some kind of shim fell out of where the upper ball joint connect to the C's. I was in a bunch of pieces.
 
Thank you for the help. When I removed one of the knuckle some kind of shim fell out of where the upper ball joint connect to the C's. I was in a bunch of pieces.

Huh, that's new. I've seen a shim behind the spindle: a plastic circle with six holes for the bolts through the spindle, right. The top part was thinner (or thicker, depending on how you rotated it) than the bottom so as to give some adjustment.

It's possible that what you had come apart was some sort of shim on the balljoint, but the only such thing I know of is an aftermarket part where the balljoint is off center, so to speak, and you rotate it to adjust camber.

-- A
 
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