This doesnt look right does it

cjmatt

cjmatt

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I think I found the answer to my suspension problems.

When I got my fox, my steering knuckle was bent, so I grabbed a set of 95-94 knuckles and bolted them on, as thats what everyone recommended. Only prob was that I got wicked positive camber and the car went way toed in. But i assumed it was just because I installed a steering rack too. Well I took it to milan for the first time and it was all over the place on the big end. I heard bad stories of bumpsteer when you put 96-04 knuckles on a fox. Apparently my k-member is set up for 96 knuckles I believe.I never really paid attention after belle aligned it. but today just out of curiousity i climbed underneath. the steering arm is supposed to be level with the LCA isnt it?

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Anyone? The bumpsteer kit only fixes them if theyre too low, not too high. But can someone confirm that theyre not the correct angle
 
cjmatt said:
Anyone? The bumpsteer kit only fixes them if theyre too low, not too high. But can someone confirm that theyre not the correct angle
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They are not the correct angle... You need a bumpsteer kit... Ask Joe Wheeler... He had his rack lowered and had to use a bumpster kit on his pace car...
 
I think my lower control arms were made for 96-04 knuckles. Would swapping in the 96 knuckle be a better alternative to bandaiding with a bumpsteer kit? These are 94-95 knuckles and when I swapped out my old ones. I immediately went like 4 degrees positive camber and way toed in. I dont even remember what the old knuckles looked like. they went in the trash that night.
 
cjmatt said:
I think my lower control arms were made for 96-04 knuckles. Would swapping in the 96 knuckle be a better alternative to bandaiding with a bumpsteer kit? These are 94-95 knuckles and when I swapped out my old ones. I immediately went like 4 degrees positive camber and way toed in. I dont even remember what the old knuckles looked like. they went in the trash that night.
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How are you thinking the bumpster kit is a bandaid?!?! The bumpster kit is made to have safe steering geometry...
 
ReiKo said:
How are you thinking the bumpster kit is a bandaid?!?! The bumpster kit is made to have safe steering geometry...
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according to maximum motorsports, the intro of the mod motor forced them to drop the rack an inch. the bumpsteer kit wont correct a whole inch. So id be better off just swapping in new 96-04 knuckles which I can get for less than the cost of the bumpsteer kit anyway. Plus then im not torquing on the knuckle from an inch long spacer
 
I want to say Fox arms for 96-04 spindles would be 12 1/4" from the center of the mount bolt to the center of the ball joint. Fox arms for 79-95 spindles would be 13" center to center.

I may be off on the measurements though.
 
a bump steer kit is not a bullshit fix. its a fix you have to do. they can be more than 1in also. mine is down 2inches. but more times than none when you put a kmember in the car you need a bump steer kit. the tie rod has to be on the same angle as the a-arm. and its clearly not in those pics you posted
 
the aje kmember has a drop rack in it im almost sure. just like the team z one. you have to run a bump steer kit with them or it will not be right. you drop the rack down it changes all the angles.
 
johnquick302 said:
the aje kmember has a drop rack in it im almost sure. just like the team z one. you have to run a bump steer kit with them or it will not be right. you drop the rack down it changes all the angles.
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i've got a teamz k, with a bump-steer kit. works fine. angles are good too.
 
bumpsteer kit will solve that issue, guaranteed. I had the same situation and the bumpsteer kit corrected it all.
 
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