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today (sunday) i went to the junk yard the pull ur parts kind. and there was 3 almost complete luvs there all i went for was the cable to open the hood of my luv. here in Cali.

ok guys, and gals

Here are the rancho shocks I took off of the LUV today.

I straightened the one out, to compare the differances.

ok im gonna go against what alot of ppl said about the torsion bars. i do think they did have a hand in this but i don't think its completly there fault when u put ur truck up on a jack the tires move straight down pretty even i have never seen them lean in that much. and if the path of the a arms is straight down when u lift it with a jack it should be the same path as when u lift ur truck with torison bars. like i said i could be wrong. i think it might have been to stiff and bent the lower a arm up and out like i can't remember who said it now but i know somebody did.

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1980 4x4 header stock motor lifted 4 1/2 in. in the rear and 3 1/2 in the front

I I unbolted everything today, removed shocks,and took un hooked the tie rod's and ball joint son both sides. I lifted the upper control arm to where it SHOULD be, and that allows the wheel to straigthen, but I cant hook it up becuase the bolt on the ball joint is to short, which tells me the lower control is down to low, right? the tie rod's seem to be to long, which also hints the lower arm is to far down.

It does sounds like the lower a arms were bent up and out. Now I think you can make some headway. By the looks of the shocks, the upper a arm might have gotten away without being too badly damaged. But, this also means the lower a arms are going to be headed for the scrap pile. Keep the posts coming, and good luck.

the lower arms dont appear to be bent. I'll chedk them real good tomorrow. there is a curv eup in the arm but i dotn know if ti suspposed ot eb there or not, its on both sides

Ok. Maybe you should try going to a Chevy dealership to see if you can get an exploded version picture of the front suspension. See if you can get an idea of what it looked like originally.

The left lower control arm is bent a little, which is why the left tire leans a little, still havent figured out why the right is leaning so bad, unlees the frame is still twisted, which is what i'm beginning to believe. I did get the right side fixed though , by removing the upper control arm, and bolting it on the outter side of the shocktower. I'm going to buy a used lower arm, to fix the left.

the problem you are having is that you have too much negative camber if you get ahold of me i can tell you how to check it and maybe fix it email me luv54th@hotmail.com k maybe we'll talk

Problem has been fixe dfor months man. sorry