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Old 06-28-2020, 04:52 AM
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Hey Miles.......Lance is on the right track but we need a pic from straight above the shaft to verify whether flipping the shafts end-for-end would move the whole arm rearward. Please measure again and confirm for us the distance from each bolt to its nearest black washer, if there is a difference then the bigger dimension goes to rear, which gets you more caster.

I'm confused by reading thru your posts as to whether you have the .375 against the tower. Could you verify again pls. This is what u want to get camber in the ballpark.

PROPOSAL ONE.....
Your post with images suggests swapping left to right......do that ( but only if the BJ sits parallel to the shaft looking from side view thru the wheel ) because it will move the BJ rearward about an inch (despite the Ridetech instructions).....super easy to fix caster, then flip the arms to get .375 against the tower. No change to the camber problem unless u have gone from .532 to .375 against the tower.

If you cannot or don't want to swap over.....
PROPOSAL TWO..........
Call Ridetech and give them the dimension from the middle of the shaft to the BJ and ask them their design dimension. You need at least half-inch more than what u have currently.
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Old 06-28-2020, 07:15 AM
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Hey Miles.......

I'm confused by reading thru your posts as to whether you have the .375 against the tower. Could you verify again pls. This is what u want to get camber in the ballpark.
From the pictures the .532 side is against the tower. They need to be flipped.
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If you look at where the cross shaft goes into the arm in this picture, it appears as if the shaft is off center to the ball joint side of the bushing.



Which means that if the shaft is rotated 180 degrees, it will push the ball joint out which is what you need.
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