wheel sticking out issue need help

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  1. 92 ridin low

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    does anybody know why my driver side wheel sticks out more then the passenger wheel ive checked everything and it all looks ok the wheels im running are 19x8s even with the stock wheels i had the same issues i put camber shims on it but still didnt fix it
     
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    are your fenders straight?

    Measure the hub and brakes, make sure it's not different. The truck has no history of accidents, correct?
    provide plenty of pictures, I'd like to see what you're working with.
     
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    is this on the front or rear of the truck??? Is it only effecting one wheel just on the that corner or are both on one side sticking out???
     
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    No change at all w/ shims would be strange.

    Bad wheel bearings?
     
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    I'm sure it's something more serious than masking the problem with camber.
     
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    an accident, especially some kind of front corner hit, could have shifted the body enough to do that. I know most of my panels are a little off on my truck because of an accident it was in before I bought it.

    Or for all we know the suspension arms on one side got swapped to those of a different year that looked 'close enough', but that's pretty unlikely.
     
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    It was in an accident but not a major one the fenders are good bearings are good nothing looks twisted either il post some pics as soon as I can and it is the front tire
     
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    pics of tires

    here are the pics idk if there good enough to see wat im talking about

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    the first two pics are the ones where the wheel sticks out and the bottom 2 are from the tire being in
     
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    it doesn't have to be a major accident to cause that much shift. 20-30mph is all it'd likely take in the right spot. My body has what I consider a slight 'lean'. Even though it looks mostly good (other than being old and having flaky paint), if you start measuring everything up, the body leans by about half an inch at hood height, and nearly a full inch at the top of the windows. Nothing will look twisted or out of place, and all the body mounts to the frame are still right, but it will be 'off' by a bit the farther away from the body mounts you get. A half inch at hood height is still only a few degrees of lean. Barely noticable without math or careful scrutiny.

    The only evidence of the crash I could see was the front driver fender was crunched in a few inches and had started rusting. Even though it looks back to normal with a new fender, everything takes just a little more work to fit back into place.

    tl;dr: It don't take much to screw up the geometry of these trucks.
     
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    the fender got like that cuz i was gonna roll the fender to make it a lil wider but i changed my mind and that was the ending result
     
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    I'm talking about the difference in wheel poke
     
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    so am i stuck with the truck like that or is there something i can do to fix it because i want to bag the truck
     
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    I would first have it looked at by a body shop and/or alignment shop to determine whether it's the body, suspension, or something else. Probably the body shop first, as they tend to deal in collision damage and know what causes what, and (usually) how to fix it.

    Don't be surprised if the fix involves chains and bracing and big equipment. There's a (small) chance the body mounts can just be shifted slightly to line things up right.


    Now, there is the redneck fix. Well, depending on the redneck, there might be a few fixes, but this is the one I know from my dad being a mechanic with poor-as-heck friends:

    You'll need:
    A well-sunk post or big-ass tree that ain't goin' nowheres.
    Two really goddamn strong chains. I mean overkill strong.
    Another truck. A big one. Preferrably something with really low crawler gears and lotsa torque.
    A buddy who ain't stupid, ain't a jackass, ain't drunk and ain't deaf to drive that truck.
    An airhorn or walkie talkies that your buddy in the truck will hear.
    And you to watch the progress on the truck and signal your buddy.

    I think you can see where this is going... When done right this works very well. But when done wrong it is very, very dangerous. It is cheap though.
     

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