A little bit of info I wish I would have known. :(
 

This past weekend I lowered my 94 by using spindles and 2" springs. I took it in for an alignment but found that I was suppose to punch out the tabs on the UCA for the alignment. Once I remove the tabs do I have to buy some special bolt for the cam kit or what do I need in order for the shop to do the alignment. If you have link to the kit assuming I need one please include the link with your reply. Oh well I guess its another small bump in the road.

Re: A little bit of info I wish I would have known. :(
 

Do you have a photo.. When I drop my truck they had no problem in alignment.
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Re: A little bit of info I wish I would have known. :(
 

DJM spindles didn't result in us having to do that, either.

Re: A little bit of info I wish I would have known. :(
 

I may take it to someone else and see if they would put in on and check the alignment before taking the tabs out. Maybe it would be fine. I got new tires on the front today and that made a world of difference in the way it handles.

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You remove the upper control arms bolts and slide the arm away from the frame and you'll see the tabs where the bolts go. I usually hook a little prybar in there and twist and they pop out. Now reinstall and hit the alignment shop.

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I can't believe they are still there after 17 years. Did my first alignment 2 years after I bought it and my alignment guy told me either I do it or I pay him to get rid of them.

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I have never had to do an alignment on the truck. It has been a great truck with 194,000 miles.

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The first alignment on these trucks requires this. I paid to have it done on my '91 when I first had it aligned, but my subsequent 3 '88-'98 trucks had already had them removed before I got my hands on them.

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This is a well known thing and requires no new parts. I did it with an old flat headed screwdriver and hammer.

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Well I took the truck into another place and explained to them that I had not removed these knockouts but if they could check to see how far out the alignment is and to set the to in/ to out. They set it on the lift and checked everything and the values were all with in spec. I was pretty happy about that. I was going to pop out the knockouts but figured it was worth a shot since it was ok for you.