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Old Feb 26, 2011 | 08:45 PM
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I've searched on several aspects of this, but don't have a real clear picture still. I have a few different things going on, so bear with me. I finally got wheels and tires. Went with Procomp 16" 7069s, 285/75/16 Treadwright Guard Dogs (work out to about 33 inches), and decided to try the Dynabeads. My steering has pulled left for quite some time, and my previous set of tires were wearing more on the inside than the outside. I think the Dynabeads are working well for the most part. I am pretty smooth until 70-80 mph, at which point I have noticeable vibration, but nothing uncontrollable, just annoying. Just for good measure, with the steering pulling and the tire wear, I decided to go get an alignment. The guy told me they couldn't do an alignment unless I got adjustable ball joints because my camber was out about a half a degree. So, here's my first issue with that... with no lift, will one inch taller tires really throw me out enough to be significant? And second... if it is my camber, and my old STOCK tires were wearing on the inside, wouldn't that suggest the camber was out already, and how would you fix that without adjustable ball joints on a stock JK? Also, could the camber being out cause the shimmy at 70-80, or is that most likely the Dynabeads? Trying to figure if I should go ahead and replace my ball joints. I'm at 72000 on the Jeep.

Thanks for any help!
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Old Feb 26, 2011 | 08:53 PM
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Post your alignment numbers.

It seems a lot of JK's are out of limits a little on the camber; usually on the negative side, top of the tire inboard. My left is OK, and the right is at -0.7°.
I'm not having any problems, so I decided to let it go because it is outside the limit by so little.
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Old Feb 26, 2011 | 08:57 PM
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didn't give me any numbers since they didn't make any changes. Just told me on the phone it was off by like 1/2 a percent
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Old Feb 26, 2011 | 08:57 PM
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or half a degree rather.
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