[fiftee6]

A week or so back I posted the need for more positive camber on pass side. Didnt notice this when I was aligning car, but here is the preoblem. I kne car was hit once upon a time on right side. There was welding, but not good.
Here is where im at now...
Damage is the front/forward set of bolts...

Now when I did engine, it wasn't this bad, which is why I had these made by "prostreet", an idea from Terri, for added support

Now, this is obviously a reason I have negative caster, it is cracked thru. Do I have this repaired? What kind of repair? Yes of course I want a new Jim meyer or Morrison chassis, but money is spare. I would even love to be on Chevynuts list, but that is too much for me now as well (by the way, your frames are looking sweet there guy). I know I could find a frame cheap, but dont want to go thru all that unless I can do a real quality update. An ideas here would be great. I'm actually embarrased to print these pics. I feel like I knew this would occur, and it did. Further...
I noticed up inside spring pocket that I dont think I even had this spring seated correctly, yes? no? And if wrong, would this also seat that side lower. It almost looks like the way spring is seated it would sit higher. Pic is outer fender to right side.

Thanks as always friends at Trifive...

 

[Rick_L]

fiftee6,

Looks like the pieces you got from Prostreet are going to help a bunch. They are very well made and fit like they need to. He did a nice job for you there.

If it was mine, I'd grind the old welds and the crack and Vee them out, then weld them up. You'll have to grind the welds flat so that the lower control arm shaft will fit flush to the crossmember like it needs to. That's why you need to Vee the crack, so that you don't grind away the weld. Then I'd weld the reinforcements to the crossmember too. They don't have to be continuously welded, but I think they should be welded.

After that, if you have a problem getting the camber you need, you can either bend the crossmember to pull the upper control arm brackets closer together (you may want to have this done on a frame machine), or you can use offset upper control arm shafts. When you get more camber adjustment, you get more caster adjustment too.

Hope this helps you out, good luck.

PS, one more thing, looks like the end of the spring is not in the depression in the lower control arm. Hard to tell from the photo, but it does need to be in the depression.

 

[HIGH ROLLER]

If it was me i would do as Ricks says, the spring looks like it is past where it is suppose to locate in the lower A arm thats adding to your problem, find a guy that knows how to use a mig good you'll be fine also the added support pieces look good.